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Coll 7/42 'Persian Gulf: arms smuggling from Koweit [Kuwait] into Iraq'

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/2212

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This record is a file about the Coll 7/42 'Persian Gulf: arms smuggling from Koweit [Kuwait] into Iraq' dating from 7 Dec 1936-23 Mar 1939.

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Reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2212

Title

Coll 7/42 'Persian Gulf: arms smuggling from Koweit [Kuwait] into Iraq'

Date

7 Dec 1936-23 Mar 1939

Description

Correspondence regarding allegations made by the Iraqi authorities that arms and ammunition are being smuggled into Iraq from Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are: HM Ambassador at Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, later Maurice Peterson); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Gerald de Gaury); the Secretary of State for India; and the Government of India External Affairs Department. The correspondence discusses the following: visits made by the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs (Naji al Asil, and later Taufiz Suwaidi) to Kuwait in 1936 and 1939, to discuss the alleged smuggling and possible measures to be adopted by Kuwait; reports of alleged smuggling incidents; reports made by the Political Agent, Kuwait, that Saudi Arabs are smuggling arms through Kuwaiti territory; reports on the general increase of arms being smuggled from the Red Sea coast; a suggestion by the Iraqi Foreign Minister that Iraq and Kuwait could form a customs union, or adopt combined preventive operations, in order to curtail the smuggling; requests made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf that the Iraqi Government present evidence to substantiate their claims; and reports on the smuggling of firearms to Palestine through Akaba [Al 'Aqabah]. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference

Coll 7/42

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1 file (117 folios)

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 118; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c11565df-716e-4a46-9a3b-4ac8f460b43d/

Series information

IOR/L/PS/12

Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections

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Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections

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Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic

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Coll 7/42 'Persian Gulf: arms smuggling from Koweit [Kuwait] into Iraq'