'File 6/1 I Aviation Imperial Airways' [‎43r] (100/416)

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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait.
Dated the 27th December 1952.
To
Messrs The Mesopotamia Persia Corporation, Ltd.,
A s h a r,
B a s r a h .
fffPiraiAf, AIT?//AYS. LTD.. HATES .
Gentlemen, ^ C
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X V I hare the honour to toTot you to my letter No.
773 dated the 11th November 1932 end your reply No.D.0./621 dated
the 16th December 1932.
2 # Proa the latter I note with great pleasure that
Imperial Airways, Limited have generously agreed that all aircraft
on the India service, whether going Sast or West shall in future
land regularly at Kuwait, to pick up passengers and mails - this as
an experimental measure for a period of 6 months in the first place.
3 # The above has given great satisfaction to His
Excellency tbs Shaikh, to myself and the mercantile community of
the town.
4 . On the other hand I fear that the question of
the new fares is not quite so satisfactory.
These under the old arrangement were as follows:-
Basrah / Kuwait or vice versa*..••• £6.
Kuwait / Bahrain or vice versa £6.
Under the new arrangement they have been altered
to:-
Basrah / Kuwait or vice versa ♦...* £4.
Kuwait / Bahrain or vice versa,..*. £8.
5. When I wrote my No.773 dated the 11th November
last, referred to at the beginning of this letter, and discussed
the question of Bates (see paras % to 7 ) my sole intention was to
try and get Imperial Airways, Ltd,, to reduce their fares between
Kuwait and Basrah, to a raoro reasonable figure so as to attract