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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [107r] (218/624)
The record is made up of 1 file (308 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1925-22 Apr 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Confident ial
D«0»Ho,g/245 of 1936.
Off ice of the Political Hesident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Camp t KuwaIt•
Sated the 28th November, 1936.
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fill you please refer to paragraphs 526 and 545
of the Royal Air Force Monthly Intelligence oawaary, Iraq,
for September 1936, copies of which I enclose for ready
reference.
2. In paragraph 526, as you will see, it is stated
thfcit supplies of arms appear to be received from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. If it is meant that arms come from the
Persian side, then it is no concern of mine. If, however,
the Arab side is implicated, then Kuwait is the obvious
Shaikhdora from tfhich arras would have been smuggled, and
in this connection I enclose an extract from a report by
de Gaury of a conversation which he had In Kuwait with
the new Iraqi Foreign Minister, Asil. This, I thime,
disposes of the suspicion that a me are run from Kuwait
into Iraq.
3. #ith regard to paragraph 545. de ~ a ury, in the
course of a letter to me, writes* I have enquired from
several Bedouins who Nuri al Mishal of the 3hammftr may
be. They have none of them heard of him. If Nuri al
Miahal of the Shamar exists I think he must be quite
unimportant. aiahal al Tirnyat ana lbn fawala
of the nhaimaar are of oourae «ell-icnowti in Sorth r*at
Arabia but neither has been in Kuwait territory for a year.
One is unmarried and the other has only infanta so he is
not /
e Marshal - 7 . 0 .B.Mitchell,
CB.,CBS.,D30., MC.,
Air Officer Coxataanding,
British Forces in Iraq,
Hina idi.
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This file contains correspondence between the various Political Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the ruler of Kuwait, and various other officials on the arms trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers pertain to a broad attempt to control the illegal trade in arms. The correspondents speculate and investigate the manufacture of arms- and the geographic origins, smuggling routes, and identities of intermediaries involved in the arms trade. Most of the trade occurs between the Arab ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , southern Iraq, and the ports of the Persian side of the Gulf, but particularly the Makran coast.
Of note is a widespread investigation into the theft of arms from the Iraqi Army carried into the Arabian Peninsula by way of Bedouin tribesmen.
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- 1 file (308 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 310; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/308
- Title
- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:20v, 22r:25v, 27r:35v, 37r:47v, 49r:55v, 57r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:152v, 154r:163v, 165r:166v, 168r:168v, 170r:177v, 179r:309v, back-i
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