"ملف ١/٦ II الطيران - الخطوط الجوية الإمبراطورية" [و‎‎٤‎٦] (١٦٠/٩١)

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Commercial Register No, 13630 EGYPT
Telephone: 62293/4/5
Telegrams : AI RWAYS, CAIRO
Codes: BENTLEY'S & LATA
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BCHC/CG.856.i 23rd* January, 1936.
Colonel Dickson,
Political Agent,
KOWEIT.
My dear Dickson,
Thank you for/fe ending me a copy
of your letter to Colonel Pov/le.
Perhapsmight have worded my
letter BCHC/lG.2d6d of the 13th. December
1935 to Colonel Powle, a little more carefully.
I might have said that Koweit ! s telegraph
office was open for comparatively short hours.
The position is that at Basra, Bahrein,
Sharjah, Karachi and Baghdad, we have a 24 hour
system available, and, therefore, you will
readily appreciate that your 8 hour system is
comparatively short. You will notice that a
telegram despatched, shall vie say from Bagfthd
to Koweit at approximately 6.30 to 7 p.m. will
probably not be delivered until 8 a.m. the
follow r ing morning or even later. The same
applies to anything sent from Bahrein, Sharjah
or Karachi.
Is it really impossible to arrange
that Basra has a Switch system such as I know
can readily be introduced so that when the
telegraph is not operating, the system can be
used as a telephoned This would not be perfect
but it would at least give a service during the
12-| hours when your telegraphic service closes
down.
Yours sincerely,
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Copy to: Col. Powle, Bushire