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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [290r] (584/624)
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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From
Ho.?.H 4 -H/ 38 .
To
3ir,
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
m the External Affairs Department,
The Hon'ble 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire.
Dated New Delhi, theZcrl^I December 1939.
't .
lith ref erence to
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.
letter No.P.Z.
7168/36, Gated the 9th November 1938, I am directed to
request that the Government of India may kindly be
furnished with your views on the question whether some
stricter form of control over the sale of arms in Kuwait
is necessary and if so, what measures can be devised for
the purpose the penultimate sentence of paragraph
o. They are impressed by the statement made by Major
hdmonas and would be glad to know what the present
position is in Kuwait with regard, to the sale of firearms
and in particular whether such sale is completely un
restricted, how and where it is conducted, what appro
ximately is the number of firearms changing hands in a
year and who are, generally speaking, the sellers and
who the purchasers. They note that the British Naval
authorities are confident that very few if any arms enter
Kuwait by sea and that you are equally confident that
there is no traffic in anna from Kuwait into Iraq, It
is not however clear whether arms are or are not entering
Kuwait in large quantities b y .land . If it could be
shown that there is no sucn import and that no manu
facture of arms takes place in Kuwait, it would be
easier
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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