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Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’ [16r] (31/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 28 May 1937-5 Oct 1940. 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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NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN.
Registry
No. E 2411/166/25
FO*?
(g) 6
Draft,
Sir Basil Newton,
Bagdad.
Sir,
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JFFICB, S.V..1.
In your despatch No* 306(86/19/40) of the
27th June Your Excellency dealt with the proposed
demarcation of the Seudi-Iraqi frontier by a
Joint Commission under an Egyptian President, and
in your despatch No* 327 (86/25/40) iDf the 12th
July, you enclosed a copy of a note from the Iraqi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs enquiring whether His
Majesty's Government would agree that the problem
of fixing the point of intersection of latitude
32° North with longitude 39° East should be
referred to the Egyptian President of the
Commission for a decision "in the light of
"treaties in force."
2. Co far as the meeting-point of Saudi, Iraqi
and
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
territory is concerned, the
cuestion at issue is not to fix the point of
intersection of latitude 32° North and longitude
39° East, but to find the correct position of the
termination point of the Saudi-Iraqi frontier. Thie
lies, in the view of His Majesty's Government, at
the summit of the Jebel Anaza, as has been
explained to the Iraqi Government by Your
Excellency, and to the members of the Saudi
Arabian and Iraqi frontier survey parties by Mr.
Le Hay when he met them near the Jebel Anaza last
February. Whatever answer is eventually given to
the Iraqi enquiry, it should be so worded as to
avoid any acceptance of the view that the problem
is to find a particular point of intersection
3. So far as the proposed commission is
l f
/concerned
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The file contains papers mainly relating to the proposed demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, including the issue of the western termination point of the Saudi-Iraq frontier, at the meeting-point of Saudi, Iraqi and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan territory.
The papers largely consist of correspondence between the following:
- HM Ambassador to Iraq (Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton) and the Foreign Office (including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Viscount Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood).
- The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia and the Foreign Minister of Iraq.
- The 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. and the Foreign Office.
The file also includes a Foreign Office memorandum entitled ‘The Frontiers between Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan and Nejd and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan and the Hejaz’, which includes a map (see IOR/L/PS/12/2897, f 29).
The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-55; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 27v:28v, 30r:46v, 52r:53v, 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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