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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [237r] (478/624)
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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4* The representations of His excellency TaufiQ_
Suwaidi on the general question of smuggling from
Ho we it into Iraq are discussed in paragraphs 3 and 4
of the Foreign Office letter. The complaints of the
Iraqi Government against the Sheikh on this account
are of long standing? and the failure of the repeated
attempts to mediate a settlement v/hich were made in
the past? and particularly in 1934 and 1935? does
not greatly encourage the hope of a solution "being
found until the h! ockade imposed Toy Saudi Arabia
on imports from Koweit has been removed. He is
aware in particular? that objection has been raised
in the past to proposals? such as that of Major
Edmonds? to raise the Koweit tariff to the level of
that of Iraq? on the grounds that it would conflict
with the treaty obligation (arising from the Bunder
Shweikh lease of 1907) to limit the Koweit duty on
goods imported by British subjects to 4H , that it
would cause discontent in'Koweit through the resultant
rise in prices? and that it would seriously effect
legitimate trade with uhe interior. But the situation
in which a State under the protection of His Majesty’s
Government profits from smuggling goods into the
territory of an ally of His Majesty’s Government is
patently unsatisfactory? and as the negotiations for
the removal of the Saudi blockade are bound to take
some further time the Secretary of State would, bo
glad if the Government of India in consuluation aith
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.
would review the question and
state whether in their opinion any measures can usefully
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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