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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [201r] (406/524)
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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Once however development has begun the Air Ministry will have
no rights against the Company In respect of any area already
developed (See
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.
Letter P.Z.2408/34 of the 10th Apri:
1934,Mr .Gilbert Laithwaite to (iing Commander iueClaughry).
It will be remembered that the Air Ministry dropped
the idea of a two years option at £.120 a year as being too
short an option but/is not too late to take up a rental at
the figure already quoted (£*1200) should His Britannic
Majesty’s Government wish to do so,
4, It seems conceivable that the Admiraltyas well as the
Air Ministry, and even perhaps the Committee of Imperial
Defence may be interested to know that this site which has
three times figured in the history of Imperial Communications
(1775,1907 and 1914) is at last to be developed and will in
a few months cease to be available for the use of His Britannic
Ma je sty * s Government •
5, As the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq has pointed out
there is no suitable alternative sea plane mooring place on this
coast. There is no other large landing ground with a town by it
in this area except at Kuwait nor any other anchorage within
a few yards of the shore and so good as in this area.
5 , I have the honour to suggest therefore and before it
is too late that the value of this site in a territory under
British protection should be once more considered, since it
seems to form a potential base, aAternative to 3asra, which
place in certain circumstances might not he available, and to
be too valuable to abandon for the sake of the sum (£.1200
per annum) for which a lease can be obtained for the whole area;
a portion if desired being sublet or re**leaseu i or use of the
Kuwait Oil Company.
I have the honour to be,
Gir,
Your most obedient servant,
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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 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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