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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [26r] (56/524)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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CONFIDENTIAL «
D*0#No»X32» Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
f Ktrsyalt*
Dated the 16th August 1932•
Thank: you for your D#0.No*135/^ir dated the
6th August, which only reached me on the IQfch* X wo;ad have
replied earlier but I have been simply snowed under with work
ever since I returned from Shaxgalu
2* There is no objection at all to your making
a reconnaissance over Kuwait territory, whether along the
eoast line by flying boat, or over the interior by land machine
The Shaikh gave his permission with great cordiality, as far
back as 26th April and I informed the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
accordingly in my telegram No• 247 dated 26th April last#
3# So any time flying boats or land machines
want to start on the work, you have the Shaikh's authority to
"get on with its „ I suggest however 4 mat, when the flints do
start, the Officer Commanding, whoever it my be, givee me a
telegraphic warning three days before, so that tho Ghaikh can
warn his tribesmen in the interior#
4 # Why not fly down here yourself before the work
actually starts, and make your bow to the Shaikh# I have told
him you are coming and he is looking forward to seeing you#
You can then explain everything that is going to take place
personally to him# Dan f t forget the warning telegram#
5* In case of emergency the reconnaisance
machines can of course land anywhere they like in Kuwait
territory*
6. To ccrae now to the "Neutral, territory" -
The Shaikh of Kuwait has himself no objection to land or sea
machines flying over this zone, but I see from Political
Group Captain W#L.Welsh, D#S*C#, A*F#C# t Resident’s
Comaaudiiig 203 (F#B) Squadron,
Margil, Basrah#
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variously discussed alongside occasional correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bahrain on the same subject.
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- 1 file (258 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 18-59, and ff 196-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:204v, 206r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:239v, 242r:245v, 249r:249v, 251r:259v, 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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