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'Pol Ext 6453/49 Tear-gas expert for Iraqi police: suggested appointment of Pakistani officer' [38r] (76/79)
The record is made up of 1 file (36 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1949-2 Feb 1950. It was written in English. 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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No. 1796/1796/5.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Political Department,
Western Section.
Bagdad, 15 th July, 1948.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its
compliments to His Britannic Majesty's Embassy, Bagdad,
and has the honour to state that the Directorate General
of Police desires to obtain the services of an expert in
tear gases with a view to training Police Officers and
Inspectors on the manner of using it, provided that the
expert should bring with him the necessary instruments,
articles and bombs for the purpose of training.
The Ministry will be grateful if the esteemed Embass;
will be so good as to intervene with the competent
British quarters for t^e nomination of an efficient
expert to undertake this mission, informing the Ministry,
as early as possible, of the wages required by the expert
and the expenses required for the experimental operation
and other matters connected with this subject.
The Ministry avails itself of the opportunity to
express its highest consideration and esteem.
His Britannic Majesty's Embassy,
Bagdad.
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This file contains correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and UK High Commissioner in Karachi regarding the secondment of a tear-gas specialist to the Iraqi police force. The papers discuss the inability of the Iraqi police to use newly obtained stocks of American tear gas without proper instruction from trained officers. The need for tear gas had been made apparent to law enforcement agencies in Iraq after protests and disturbances against the continuing British military and political presence in the country during January of 1948.
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- 1 file (36 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1384
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- 'Pol Ext 6453/49 Tear-gas expert for Iraqi police: suggested appointment of Pakistani officer'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:3r, 4v, 4r, 5v, 5r, 6v, 6r, 7v, 7r, 8v, 8r, 9v, 9r, 10v, 10r, 11v, 11r, 12v, 12r, 13v, 13r, 14v, 14r, 15v, 15r, 16v, 16r, 17v, 17r, 18v, 18r, 19v, 19r, 20v, 20r, 21v, 21r, 22v, 22r, 23v, 23r, 24v, 24r, 25v, 25r, 26v, 26r, 27v, 27r, 28v, 28r, 29v, 29r, 30v, 30r, 31v, 31r, 32v, 32r, 33v, 33r, 34v, 34r, 35v, 35r, 36v, 36r, 37v, 37r, 38v, 38r, 39v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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