'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [‎162r] (331/570)

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Political agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Kuwait.
The 50th iioveraber, 1957.
My d.ar oir Trenchard,
X hear from * r.ocott, "cne ueneral ouperinlencicnt
of the iLovreit Oil oo.apany, wno has just beeu to Iraq,
that there is nona there that one of the iinerioun
tiupply Houses of machinery for oil ields will shortly
establish a dipot somewhere in this ax - ea, probably at
basra.
Ouch firms 1 gather keep a very large stock
of machinery and tools at their uapots, so that Oil
Companies can reauily obtain then, instead of sending
for them to the various factories of origin.
i understand that it is an institution hid.
only comes when there is a large demand from several
fields, such as those developing now in the Middle Mast
and the Oulf.
It occurs to ue that you might wish to know
of this, if you have not already hearu about it.
2 . I gather no decision has beeu mace yet, but
that one of the big nmerioau firms, the national supply
Company, has been making tentative enquiry.
superior employees of the ell Companies think
that haara in spite of irksome customs nules and duties,
is the most likely site for a depot because of the
landin - facilities and that Bahrain, while conveniently
situated is rather an unlikely choice, ouin to
difficult landing arrangements.
Kori f ble It-Colo el
Sir Tren hard i^owle, ... 0 . i . T. ,C. b. ,
Political Hesid:nt in Persian Oulf
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