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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [76r] (156/524)
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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2 ,
Koweit territory additional to sites (b) and (o) they would,
of course, have no rights against the Company in respect
of any area already being developed by the latter and that
it is presumably conceivable that no suitable area in which
the Company were not interested might then be available.
You may possibly if you think these considerations material
wish to consider further the line to be taken with the
Sheikh of Koweit as regards site (a). It is, of course, a
nuisance that he will not sell this site outright, but
(though it may be difficult to look a gift horse in the
mouth, and his present offer is certainly not ungenerous
from his standpoint when compared with the rent which he
drew from us for many years for the Bunder Shweikh area)
it might be possible to go back to him, if on further
examination you thought that desirable, with some compromise
proposition.
4. I am sending a copy of this letter to Rendel at the
Foreign Office, Seal at the Admiralty, and Starling at the
Pe t roleurn D e partment <
Yours sincerely,
GILBERT LAITHWAITE.
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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)
- 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 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence