'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [233r] (470/524)
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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KUWAIT OIL COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Telegrams
Kuoco,
Kuwait.
5106.
KUWAIT
20th January, 1937.
Your Refarence
Our Reference
H.M’s
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
KUWAIT.
Subject - Reservation of a portion of Shuwaikh
Area for possible Kuwait Oil Company
requirements .
Sir,
Further to your Demi-Of ficiaT/^ote to our Chief Local
Representative (Col.Dickson) of 2fTtn December 1936, and his
personal letter to you of 28th December 1936 in reply, in which
he stated that there was no immediate need for a telegraphic
reminder to be sent to His Majesty’s Government, as was
suggested by H.E.The Shaikh in respect of the piece of land
at Shuwaikh which we had asked H.E.The Shaikh to reserve for
the Company’s landing operations, and which the latter, we
understand, passed on to you for H.M.G’s views.
As our original request to H.E.The Shaikh was made
on 22nd November 1936, and some time has now elapsed since
that date without, as far as we are aware, a reply having been
received by you showing what H.M.G’s reactions were, we have the
honour to request that if you see no objection, a telegraphic
reminder may now be sent by you with a view to the clearing up
of the matter.
We have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your obedient servants,
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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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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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