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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [85r] (176/570)
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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2626/37
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED.
Britannic House,
Finsbury Circus,
London, E.C.2*
19th April, 1937.
The Under Secretary of State for India,
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.
,
Whitehall, S.V.l.
On 18th November 1935, the Secretary of State for
India informed the Company that there would be no objection
to the employment of Mr. T.H.Rakestraw in Kuwait. (Reference
P.Z. 8222/35). Mr. Rakestraw now wishes to terminate his
employment with the Company and to return to the United
States of America.
The Company wishes to appoint as his successor Mr.
Thomas Patrick, an American citizen of American parents
aged 27, a graduate of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Mr. atrick has worked for Gulf Production
Company (which is associated with Gulf Exploration Company)
since his graduation and his father is at present a Drilling
Superintendent in the employment of that Company.
Mr. Patrick is considered by Gulf Exploration Company
to be particularly suitable for the vacant appointment
in Kuwait. In addition, the Kuwait Oil Company is desirous
of having an employee of the Gulf group as its Drilling
Superintendent and, in the opinion of the Company, the
employment of Mr. Patrick is desirable for the efficient
carrying on of the undertaking.
We should be greatly obliged, therefore, if His Majesty
Government would consent to his employment in Kuwait.
Sir
I am, etc.
For KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED.
(Sd. )
Secretary
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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)
- 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 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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- IOR/R/15/5/249
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 20r:24v, 29r:29v, 31r:37v, 40r:57v, 69r:70v, 72r:78v, 80r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 125r:131v, 135r:135v, 137r:140v, 142r:149v, 151r:154v, 156r:158r, 158r, 159v, 159v:180v, 197r:198v, 200r:214v, 217r:244v, 246r:255v, 258r:258v, 263r:272v, 275r:275v, 277r:282v, 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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- Open Government Licence