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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [102r] (208/524)
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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(£.
T).0./3.10815/4
AIR HEADQUARTERS,
BRITISH FORCES IN 'IRAQ
HINAIDI.
SECRET
22nd May, 1934#
We have been anxious for some time to get
good moorings for our flying "boats placed down at Kuwait,
The open anchorage is not suitable for flying boats and
the channel by the naval pier, which^is the best mooring
position, is too deep to allow of ancho rs being used.
Majesty’s Government and the Oil Company it lays down
that the Oil Company may have complete control over
Kuwait waters, unless certain areas are definitely
required for defence purposes and earmarked as such.
The Air Ministry consider that if moorings are laid
down in the area concerned it will be equivalent to
our earmarking such an area for our own use, and they
are anxious that this should be done as soon as possible.
3. lam sure you will agree that these moorings
should be laid down as soon as possible before negot
iations by the Oil Company proceed any further, and I
should be very much obliged if you will be good enough
to approach the Shaikh on this subject and obtain his
formal permission for us to lay down the moorings.
4. I will then ask Group Captain Saul to
select the actual sites and make arrangements for the
moorings to be put down.
As you know, in the agreement between His
1 H.P. Dickson, CIE.,
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.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- 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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