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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [105r] (214/524)
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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advantage of defence accrued to the State.
3. Moreover Bahrain and Kuwait in the matter of landing
grounds are not on all fours. At the former there are two
landing grounds;
(a) On Manamah Island, for use of which the Royal
Air Rorce pay the £.120/- rent referred to by the Shaikh of
Kuwait, and which is now practically a military aerodrome.
Rurther the £.120/- not only covers the use of the aerodrome
but also the site for the Royal Air Rorce base, quarters for
personnel, Rest House, etc. which is situated on Manamah.
(b) On Muharraq Island which is the civil aerodrome
the use of which by the Royal Air Rorce is given free under
the terms of the Civil Air Agreement. At Kuwait there is
only one aerodrome, corresponding to that on Muharraq, and
no base.
4. I am not of opinion therefore that the Shaikh has
any claim to the £.120/- in connection with the Civil Air
Agreement, and I suggest that I be authorised to send him
the attached letter. I have not mentioned in my draft the
arguments contained in paragraph 2 above but the Political
Agent, Kuwait, when presenting the letter might at his
discretion elaborate these en titre persons1. The Shaikh
is not backward in stressing His Majesty’s Government’s
obligations to him and it does no harm, I think, from time
to tire to point out to him the corresponding benefits which
he receives.
5 # ^rom the last paragraph of the Shaikh’s letter it
is quite possible that while relinquishing the request for
the £.120/- rental he may state that he wishes to charge
duty on Royal Air Rorce fuel as is done by the Bahrain otc^te.
If he does so this point can be taken up on its merits.
In connection, however, with a possible future
Royal Air Rorce base at Kuwait,(vide correspondence ending
with Secretary of State for India’s telegram No.1193, dated
the 6th May 1934) for the option on the site of which £.100
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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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- IOR/R/15/5/280
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- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
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- 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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