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CONFIDENTIAL British Embassy,
BAGDAD
(19020/1.3/50) 7th July, 1950

Dear Department,
Your letter EA 1905/6 of the 28th June
enclosing a transcript of an English broadcast from
Tohran about the Iraq Government's intention to
ostablioh Conaulateo at Bahrain and Kuwait.

2. The Director General of tho Political
Department in the Iraqi Ministry of Foro’lgn Affairs
mentioned this to us recently,’- wc think.as a lead-in
to another push at us about Iraqi representation 1 n
tho Persian Gulf. He said that tho Persian Government
had made an approach of tho kind described in tho
broadcast. Ho himself regarded it ao "nonsense" and
he would like to ask tho Poroians in r oply about their
• l'ecognition ofa-territory (Israel) which t ho Arabs
considered to be Arab. He then addod that a reply
fi'om us about Iraqi representation in the Gulf would bo
helpful since- the Iraq Government did not at the
prosent time know where they stood. If we agreed about
their representation, the Iraq Government might perhaps
be able to draw the attention of the Persian Government
to the latter'8 action over Israel.
3« Apart from thio, v/e have hoard of no particular
repercussions, and wo are a littlo chary of enquiring
further at present since it will only provoke another
long speech about the Gulf question. Y/e will, however*
keep our-ears open.
Y/e are sending copies of this letter to Tehran
and Bahrain.

Yours over,

Eastern Department,
Foreign Office,
LONDON 8.W.1.