'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [‎110r] (224/524)

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3. After these preliminaries I opened question (a)
above, and while apologizing for discussing business when
my visit was really a "farewell" one, I asked if he would
permit mooring buoys to be laid down by the R*A*F* in the
near future, to enable them to get a sheltered anchorage
for their flying boats when these visited Kuwait, as they
often did*
The Shaikh readily agreed, pointing out that
Shusraikh was the obvious place for our Flying Boats, and
emphasizing once again that he was always out to help
the fighting services of His Majesty’s Government to the
best of his power. He, however, felt bound to make the
following conditions purely to safeguard the ri#ts of his
own people and local shipowners:-
(i) Kuwait Sailing Craft at all times to be
allowed full use of the whole of Shuwaikh
harbour, there being no question of the
R.A.F, denying them access to the harbour,
or any part of it.
(ii) That if possible the mooring buoys should
be placed at the westerly end of the harbour
so as to be interfered with as little as
possible by sailing craft entering or leav
ing the harbour.
(ill) That the B.a.F. Officer told off to lay
tlie moorings should work in cooperation
and in company with one of his (the Shaikh s
officials when selecting the actual site
for the mooring buoys in question, as the
latter could point out dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. anchorages and
assist generally, and misunderstandings
would be avoided.
N0T]j! . ?or the information of those rho do not know
Kuwait, the Shuwa ikh anchorage is normeily empty. 14 ls
however/