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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [158r] (320/524)
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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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.
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WHITEHALL, 3.W. 1
secret .
P,Z. 4843/34. 24th July 1934.
My dear kcClaughry, ^
Lhny th^rEc's Tor your letter oT the 20th July,
No. S.31084/D.O*I., about the special requirements of the
Air Ministry in Koweit. I nave shown your letter to
Colonel Fowle ana have aiscussed the matter with him.
I enclose in this connection a note of a conversation he
had with the sheikh of Koweit on nis way home.
2. The Hesiaent thinks that we might try to get
the Sheikh to agree to rent us tne Bunder shweikh site
for, say, five years at £120 a year on the understanding
that thereafter (or at an earlier stage if we started to
make active use of and to exercise our option over it) we
should pay him at the rate of £1200 a year. He does not
think that there is any real prospect of our doing better
than this and is not too confident that we shall persuade
the sheikh to go so far. Would you let me know whether
you agree and we will then telegraph to the Acting Hesiaent?
3/
oup Captain W.A. McClaughry,
DSO•, MC., DFC. ,
Air Ministry,
Adastral House,
Kingsway,
W. C, 2.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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