Picture No | 11936775 |
Date | 1961 |
Description | Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 |
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Page from The Illustrated London News with an article written by Cyril Falls on the tensions in Kuwait arising over Iraqi claims to sovereignty over the oil-rich state. British troops were sent to protect the Sheikhdom. The page also features a portrait of Lord de L'Isle, the new Governor-General of Australia by Stephen Ward.
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Source | Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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