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OKIOINAL OFFICE COPY PLEASE SEE FIL E 4/15-III PAGrE 250
D.O.No.1985
Political Agency,
Kuwait,
30th December, 1944
My dear Daubeny,
Please refer to the correspondence resting with
my telegram No.1984 dated the 30th December, 1944. , ^
1^7 d
2. My reply to your letter No.2570 is held up because
the Kuwait Electric Company are at present actively
considering changing over from D.C. to A.C. current as soon
after the war as possible, and your question (d) cannot be
answered until their decision is known. I expect a decision
to be reached on the arrival of an adviser from Abadan early
in January. Alos, I consider that a part of the Assistant
Surgeon f s house should be air conditioned, and cannot give
a comprehensive reply until the plan for his house is ready.
3. The plan for the Surgeon’s house is in turn
affected and held up by the question of who is to pay for
the current fey:* air conditioning plants. Will the cost of
electricity be a hot-weather charge on (Government, or will
it be debitable to those using air conditioners? Hynes
considers that the high cost of electricity in Kuwait precludes
information or views you may have on this latter point. I
can then complete my proposals for the Assistant Surgeon’s
house and can co-ordinate them with those for air conditioning.
his paying for air conditioning himsif.
4. I shall be grateful if you can telegraph any
R.O. Daubeny, Esquire,
Secretary to the Hon’ble the
Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, BUSHIRE .
Sgd. G.N. Jackson
Yours sincerely,