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'File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait' [4r] (7/16)
The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 1 May 1947. 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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(d) the license end p%r-
dssion jranted above is exclusive
throujliout the Kuvait territory
subject to the rights already-
enjoyed by the Kuwait Oil Company
Lii ltt»d, the Eastern Gulf Oil
Goinpany Limited and the IndianPosts
and Telegraph Departi ent,
2, The Corapany shall be
/
entitled to receive payment or
other consideration for the tele-
coromunication services rendered by
it and in accordance with the rates
prevailing,.
So All instru.ients apparatus
and material imported into Kuwait
by the Company and which are
necessary for the repair extension
and 1 aintenance of the s^id wire
less station and any additions
thereto and of the said telephone
exchange (including the building
or buildin ;s in which ^hey -are
or may be worked) and subscribers
apparatus or otherwise for the
Company , s purposes shall be exempt
ed from all customs dues or charge
of a like nature including export
dues d But it shall pay on all
Personal Goods clothing and
general merchandise imported by
the Company or its Staff for the
• personal use of its employees
or for resale to them, the
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The agreement between Shaikh Ahmad of Kuwait [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir] and Cable and Wireless Ltd for the opening of a telegraph station in Kuwait. It covers the extent of the company's remit, taxes, payment of set-up costs, expansion, security, technical training for Kuwaiti nationals, and the Shaikh's allowance of free messages. Signed by Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait, and C G Gott, Divisional Manager at Cable and Wireless Ltd, on 1 May 1947. Witnessed by Maurice Tandy, 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. at Kuwait.
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Foliation: the sequence starts on the front cover and continues through to the back cover. The numbering is in pencil, circled, and 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.
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- 'File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait'
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