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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [200r] (404/524)
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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No.C-145.
POLrr IC AL AG 5 K CT,
KDWAIT.
The 39th April 1956.
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From
To
Sir,
Captain a.S.de Gaury, M.C.,
Politioal Agent, Kuwait;
The Hon*hie 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire, at Kuwait.
Reservation of site for future R.^eF.hase at Kuwait ,
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I have the honour to ask you to refer to Air ja k ^
Ministry letter S*31034(P*Z,2408/34) of the Qth^pril 1934,
para 2 and .air Ministry letter No*P*Z. 4843/34 of the 20th
July 1934 (and also related correspondence) and to point
out that if the Air Ministry wish to change their decision
given therein there is no time to he lost.
2, The Kuwait Oil Company, so their Manager privately
informs me, are this Autumn likely to drill for oil in the cents
and central south of Kuwait territory and they will use
and inevitably develop to a certain extent the harbour area
known as SHUWAIKH or the Quarantine site. Should they strike
oil they will develop it fully, as they c re entitled to do ;
save for the following reservation which comes in Article 3
of the Agreement between the Kuwait Oil Company and His
Britannic Majesty’s Government:-
"Notwithstanding anything contained in the agreement
"bet veen the Company and the Shaikh the Company shall not
"have the right to use or occupy, and shall not include
"in the areas selected for the purposes ot its operations,
"any sites which may have been selected by or on be halt of
"the Shaikh or His Majesty’s Government for defence purposes]
"for aerodromes, aeroplane or seaplane bases or for wire-
"less and telegraph installations or in connection with the
"development of harbours, provided that with the consent
"of His Majesty’s Government which shall not be unreasonably
"withheld the Company shall have the right to use for the
"purposes of its operations such harbours as may be develop©*
"by the Shaikh or His Majesty’s Government if there is not
"reasonable harbour accommodation available elsewhere.
"Harbours developed by the Company shall be under its
"complete and exclusive control •
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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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- '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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