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'File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)' [‎19r] (48/706)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (341 folios). It was created in 4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 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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in dealing with thoce two anal lor dogs*
one of these had boon hurting him sorcl^
-or oi^it yearc
ana hoe not only
bitten off raid
swallowed a bit
°~ the bone itoelf, but
liad tokaa Siuoh of the meat otill adherinc to the min * 0 m,
yet all alone it the Mq fricmdly Oog had done prooiouc !
little to help. ray once It had rushed in and prevented
tho ontlro bono bol "C swell owed up. (tleoniae the hofonoo
of ...uttait by tho -.avy) * fho soocncl snail or clog too ( f lraa)
had not boon ontiroly inactive but by more stealthy
notnous was trying to got at tho bonoi but this animal was
mucli more gentleranly, and attar all ha tod tho I.'ojcl dog
also, so in a sense it was a friend*
d. I give the above parable in as near tho words of
tho Jhailib as possible to show that while ho Imows. wo arc
Mo friends ho doos fool a certain amount of rosontoont
against no for what ho calls our lotting him down, but
what is more important to my mind, it shows that he scao-
how these days does not appear to have that confidence in
uo which ho ought to have, which in other words means,
that ho is being -got at by some one or other, and without
doubt this is the ♦Iraq nationalist party*
5* r fhlo brings me to a quite new foatiiro of 1 Xtwc.it
politics ncoioly tho rather startling efforts whidi I m
convinced, are now being made to get tho Utaihh to look
favourably on ’Iraq, tilth what idea in view is not difficr.il•
to guess#
G* Ihough it would be most difficult to prove anything
there is little doubt in ny nlnd that important Basrawin
who com© down on visits, or who own property in .Xiwait, arc
by order actively engaging thonoolves in anti-British
propaganda as well as preaching the doctrine of the amal
gamation of Kuwait witti ’Iraq* ainilar preaching goes on
in Basrah, I os told, among tho big Kuwait business non
and date garden owners*
7* The movement is I bcliovp now, and the propagandist
methods take the fbliowing linc:-
;nguana is
r»c Hi'

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The volume contains correspondence related to the proposed appointment of Persian representatives in Kuwait, and the Political relations between Iraq and Kuwait. There is also correspondence related to the proposal of the Iraqi Government to appoint an Iraqi Vice-Consul at Kuwait. The correspondence also discusses the following:

  • Granting permissions for certain individuals and school teachers from Iraq to visit Kuwait.
  • Unity between Iraq and Kuwait, and the effect of such a union on British interest in the Arab world.
  • Yasin Pasha’s (former Prime Minister of Iraq) party as leading the anti-British propaganda campaign in Iraq.
  • Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine, and the Iraqi Press Propaganda against Kuwait which claims that the Amir of Kuwait had trade deals with the Jews in Palestine.
  • The eradication of smuggling ‘which has had the worst effect upon the trade of Iraq’.
  • The claim that Qasr Al-Zuhur Radio Station (King Ghazi’s Broadcast Station) is inciting the Kuwaiti youth to rise against the British, and call for the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.

A large amount of the correspondence is in the form of newspaper articles and extracts, translated from Arabic newspapers and sent between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait and 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 articles mainly call for the annexation of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Iraq. Most of these come from productions of the Iraqi Press including, Al-Nas, and Al-Ikha’ al-Watani.The main correspondence is between 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 Ruler of Kuwait, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the High Commissioner for Iraq, and the Secretary of State for India.

Extent and format
1 volume (341 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 341; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and four ending flyleaves. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-341 and ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. 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
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