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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [225r] (454/524)
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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Department.
Confidential.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIM.
[N.B. This is an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been teleraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.~\ ^ , .
Office of the Political esident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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89th Horeidber, ^ 3^.
No. c/246 of 1936.
Dated a
Tax
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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.
,
CONFIDENTIAL
To
Rep ea t ed
Kuwa it Receipt
No Jfi Da;cl /'t*~M
Bush ire, at Ku
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India,
London*
Government of India, Hew Lei hi.
Political A^ent, Kuwait. n/
Cubjects Bandar Shuwaikh site.
Reference correspondence ending with Printed
1
Letter Ho.660-8 dated the 10th August 1336.
2. I enclose herewith copy of a letter Ho. >343 dated
the 25th Hovember 1936 and of its enclosures from tne Political
Agent, Kuwait, from which you will see that the Kuwait Oil
Company now wish to use part of the Bandar Ghuwaikh ares*
3. Can I definitely inform the Shaikh tnat there is no
objection to his granting the Company’s request ? In this
connection, with reference to paragraph 3 of Air Ministry
letter Ho.3.31084/1 I/S.6* dated the 20th July 1936 to the
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.
, it appears to me that if the ’’Air Force
■
purposes* are merely for f ly ing boat anchorages there will,
of course, be no difficulty. If however the ttoyal Air Force
(Signature)
at /
S. 44*
MFP—367 S&P—(M-508)—15.7-35—10.000.
(Designation)
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence