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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [‎66r] (136/524)

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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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Secret
CYPHHR MESSAGE
Serial Ho.A.1.1.359
To Air Ministry
From Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Iraq.
fime of Origin 0955 )
Time of Receipt 185£) 9.3.34
Z84 9.3 Tour A.M.193 7/3 (l) Ro alternative site suitable
for flying boat anchorage at Koweit.
2. Recommendation in (a) of Z39 of January £6th did not
anticipate land being acquired for flying boat unit, but
absolutely essential that personnel of the landplane squadron
should have access owing to extreme climate. Site selected
on weather side of town for health reasons besides proximity
of suitable landing area.
3. See no reason to anticipate restriction of traffic on
road through area.
4. Moorings and pier(s) would be required for flying
boats but personnel would be accommodated with landplane unit.
5. Obviously more danger to flying boats suffering damage
if local craft are not denied in anchorage area but this is
reasonable risk to take. Similar conditions at Bahrein.
Registry (Telegrams)
Copies to: -
Air Council. D.C.A.S. Deputy Secretary
D.D.G.I. S.6 A.I.
F.G.3 (2) for action. D.C.A. D.D.C.A.
T.D. No action is to be taken on this
telegram without reference to the
holder of the action copy.

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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
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