File 2/14 Iraq Government's request for their geologist to be permitted to carry out study of rock formation in Kuwait territory
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This file contains papers relating to a request by the Iraqi Government to have its geologists conduct tests on rock formations in Kuwaiti territory. The file is entirely comprised of correspondence between British officials regarding the matter, including proposals for mineral and geological exp...
File 2/15 Iraq coup d'etat and political situation in Iraq
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This file contains documents and correspondence relating to the takeover of Iraq by British forces following the coup d'état in Iraq during 1941. The papers discuss the possibility of an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and the domestic political situation in Iraq during and immediately after both the c...
This file contains a letter from the foreign office to the Political Residency in Bahrain regarding the persecution of Jews following the declaration of the State of Israel's independence the preceding year.
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
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This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
The Kuwait/Iran relations sub-sub-series concerns Kuwait's and Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). Three of the files relate to cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized, and in some cases detained, by the Persian authorities. Other matter...
File 3/1 II Seizure or detention of Kuwait Sailing Craft by Persians Vol. 2.
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This file documents a series of investigations carried out by various British officials into reports of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized and detained by Iranian authorities. Most of the file consists of copies of telegrams between the following British officers: the Political Resident, Bushire...
File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.
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This file relates to incidents of Kuwaiti sailing boats being intercepted (and in some cases seized and detained) by Persian warships and other vessels, on suspicions of smuggling. The file largely consists of correspondence between British officials regarding several specific incidents, includi...
This file concerns visits of Persian warships to Arab ports. The two main issues discussed are whether Arab rulers in the Gulf should be formally notified prior to any visits to their ports by Persian warships, and, in cases where notification has not been received, whether a call to visit shoul...
This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following: cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait...
This file concerns a recent claim, made by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [temporarily held by Victor Alexander Louis Mallet], to a ten mile limit for Persian territorial waters. It contains copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Indi...
