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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [257r] (523/570)
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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give us whole-time duty whenever required hut v/ould
otherwise he available for work in the Mission' 1 s
‘./omen’s Hospital.
We hope to proceed on these lines and to
arrange for the nurse to arrive in Kuwait at the end
of September. I find it difficult to decide whether
she will he an employee of the Mission or of the
Company. In either case, the Company will no douht
approach II.M.Government for permission, for the nurse
to go to Kuwait and for a passport visa. Would you
kindly let me know if, in the circumstances, the
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.
would facilitate our obtaining these in
either of the possible conditions of employment.
Yours sincerely,
(Sd) H. Kemp
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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
- 8r:19v, 25r:28v, 30r:30v, 38r:39v, 58r:68v, 71r:71v, 79r:79v, 86r:86v, 91r:91v, 96r:98v, 100r:101v, 106r:106v, 110r:124v, 132r:134v, 136r:136v, 141r:141v, 150r:150v, 155r:155v, 181r:196v, 215r:216v, 245r:245v, 256r:257v, 259r:262v, 273r:274v, 276r:276v
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- Kuwait Oil Company
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