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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [235r] (474/624)
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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seems unreasonable to expect the Sheikh, v/ith the moans
at his disposal, to control traffic across the Saudi-
Kov/eit frontier when the Iraqis, with their greatly
superior resources and the frontier customs police
organisation w •icn oney nov/ maintain, are apparently
unaole to cneck the illicit traffic in arms across their
own frontier.
3. It will however he seen from the enclosures to the
Foreign Office letter that the Iraqi Minister for Foreign
Affairs and the British Adviser in the Ministry of the
Interior are convinced (though definite evidence was not
adduced by them) that the smuggling of arms across the
Kowoit-Iraq frontier has assumed serious proportions, and
assert that it is facilitated by the fact that Xoweit
has become a recognised market for the sale of arms where
they can be bought freely and cheaply. The Secretary
of State feels that it is impossible to dismiss lightly
this very definite conclusion formed by the Iraqi
authorities, contrary though it is to the viewo exuxe.joed
by 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.
in his letter of the 1th
October, referred to above, and should there be ane
foundation in fact for their description o._ the
situation in Koweit, he would share the d-^quiet
which it is viewed hy the Foreign Office. Sven though
it may ho admitted that the responsihili gy for tnc
control of their own frontier rests with the Iraqi
, ■> . u tt- i o Mn iestv* s G-overnmen b
Government, it is clear the
could not expose themselves to the reproach --that they
are tolerating the existence, in a State under taox*
protection,
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/308
- Title
- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
- Pages
- 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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