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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [‎23r] (50/570)

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The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. It was written in English. 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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13/37
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1
TOUtQOUi- U'.tl & 'UQM~
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Oiii* .,Ui< 1*0-1 Qixim,
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30th Beceub#*-, 1936*
Dear Cl^usoxi,
With reier^nc© to your lettero oX the X9Ui of
October and &3r4 of lioTomber, 1 enoloae a copy (in
duplicate) of tn« notifiestioao m are oeudin& to
i,>ern« ro^arding the two wirelooe etatione of the ^utfait
Oil Ooaiimny* a copy of theee notllicatlone ic also
being cent dlreot to the lireotor General of xdete ^
Telegraphs* lew i)elhi«
i/e h ve to notify the precise frequencies which
the stations will use and the details supplied by
Kuwait el ply stated "40 to 1£0 metres" • Our engin^ors
have considered the matter* however* and they think
that the two frequencies 3750 ko/s (60 saetree) and
3000 ko/a (100 aeirea) which ar«s within the band quo ed
by Kuwait* aixoula be editable for the purposee in view*
,ve are therefore notifying theoe precise frequencies
and if* in pructloe* Uxey are found to be unsuitable
and some other frequency within the band is required*
we can amend the notification later*
we are aeaualag that only aasealt will* on esiast on*
work to tiie Kuwait Oil Oosipany'e aiiips* If both stations
are to work to ships* a further bhree~lctter call si, u
will be required for the Bahrah station*
lours sincerely*
.igd* 4. bOUUkh*
t gfl itabuii .Wrt mim.
who 1 * vxnx).
•«J •dAUiiOh* hbq,*

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This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.

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1 file (281 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.

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