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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [220r] (449/570)
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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The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
*
Buahlre, the 19th July 1938*
My dear dibscxn,
I eooloae herewith copy of & demi-official
letter H®.c/434-10/l v . MMft 3rd Joly 1938, free
Ue4;htxaan, together with a eketeh map which mj be ox
inter eat to the petroleum Department and the Admiralty*
2 # i would be gl&d if the map could be returned
to me after copies have been taken 9 together with six
additional copiee for reference here and distribution to
Bahrain and KUwait*
*
I am ••ndinfc oopiw of thio lo««r to Meteaif*,
,tc igatman and do daury.
Your s s inc er ely 9
Sd.T.Co?OWLS
J«f* Gibe on, Keuuire,
The India < 3 ffiee,
London*
* sent under i > *L*)«o#411-‘^ oi 19/7/^d*
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- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence