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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [7r] (18/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934. 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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GO HFID IDNTIa L
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait
Dated the 8th March 1953
Ko,47*
Prom
Lt#-Colonel H.H.P.Dick son, C*I*E.,I»A.,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait;
To
The Hon’fele tI b
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.
B u s h i r e
k / LMJfe
|
Sir, -yv-
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter
N0.199-S, dated the 3rd March 19 33 with enclosures,
2. In connection with the latter I would refer
you to the last enclosure namely D,Q,M61/46l/91 , dated
W » /
72/3/33
Baghdad the 11th January 1933 from Sir Francis Humphreys
to G*W*Rendel, lsq.,C.M.G., of the Foreign Office*
3. In the last five lines on page 1 of this let
ter Sir Francis Humphreys writes as follows
"The Director of Customs recently told me that
he estimated that more than £60,000 worth of
goods had been snuggled into IRAQ, from Kuwait
during the past year and that a member of his
Staff had been shot dead in an affray with
Kuwaiti smugglers".
4* With the very greatest diffidence and with
all respect I venture to suggest that the Director of
Customs is under a misapprehension both as regards (a)
the value of goods smuggled from Kuwait into IRAQ; and
(h) as regarding the story that a member of his staff
had been shot dead in an affray with Kuwaiti smugglers,
and I think I should be lacking in my duty were I not
to endeavour to correct &he statement*
5* As regards (a) above: I have throughout 1932
and in the three previous years that I have been in
Kuwait, taken a special interest in this question of
alleged ’aauggling’ into IRAQ, and have over and over
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship goods between the two countries, the fines that are to be imposed on the boats charged with smuggling, and monitoring the territorial waters, Shat al-Arab in particular.
The volume also contains correspondence related to the firing on and seizure of a Kuwaiti jollyboat by a Fao customs launch near Bubiyan Island, and the seizure of three Iraqi ballams (small boats) by the Kuwaiti customs authorities.The volume also contains a confidential report prepared by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait under the title ‘Kuwait note on the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours and in particular how it affects Kuwait’.
The main correspondents in the volume are the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Mutassarif of Basra Liwa, the Hakim of Kuwait as well as Customs departments in Kuwait and Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:20v, 24r, 25r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:36v, 39r:50v, 53r:54v, 60r:71v, 80r, 82r:105v, 107r:107v, 109r, 110r, 111r:119v, 123r:124v, 127r:133v, 138r:139v, 143r:148v, 150r:154v, 157r:158v, 161r:165r, 166r, 167r:173v, 177r:219v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence