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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [55r] (114/524)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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I.F.O. 1950.
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait.
1. Secretary of State for India, London.
2*
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bushire.
74.
27th February 1954.
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Addressed go Secretary of State for India,
No.74, repeated to Bushire.
Your telegram No.464.
Have consulted Shaikh with following results.
Firstly. Landing grounds 1(b) and (c). Shaikh prepared
to loan these indefinitely to Government without rent,
provided water rights of Nomad population not interfered
with. Be will not sell.
Secondly. Area'1(a) Shaikh reminded me that this included
area leased in 1907 to Government under name "SPINYAIKH
Lease” ^or which rent Rs. 60,000 paid per annum and which
was subsequently cancelled 1923. Shaikh said he could
neither sell nor present to Government, but would rent
on easy terms, together with Quarantine Buildings,
provided that road intersecting area not interfered
with, that anchorage opposite not denied to local
craft and that he not e eked to repair Quarantine
Buildings. Shaikh would not mention rent and did not
press matter.
Thirdly. From Shaikh's remarks it is clear that he under
stands value of area to Oil Company, operating in Kuwait,
as it is in close proximity to only completely deep water
anchorage here.
In my opinion it is desirable to get special
Telegram
From
To
No.
Dated the
clause/
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variously discussed alongside occasional correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bahrain on the same subject.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 18-59, and ff 196-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:204v, 206r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:239v, 242r:245v, 249r:249v, 251r:259v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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