"ملف ٧/٦ I مهبط الكويت" [و‎‎٩‎٥] (٥٢٤/١٩٤)

p. z.2731/34.
Air Ministry,
A&astral House,
Ki ng sv3 ay, W • C • S.
Reference S.31084. April,1934.
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My dear Lai'tdwait©,
Many thanks for your letters of the 13th and 17th instant,
P.Z. 2483/34, under cover of the second of which you forwarded a
copy of your legal Adviser's opinion on the point raised in
paragraph 7 of my letter of the 9th April. ,j :> - /
2 . fo deal first with the point raised in your letter of the
13th instant, which seems to he a variant of^the suggestion made in
paragraphs 4 and 5 of ay letter of the 12th instant. We__agree_with
. 4 .v,o+ the =inm of £100 oer annum should be paid to tne
your proposal that the sum oi -j.u'j p l „„ irr - f
Sheikh of Koweit for recognising the quarantine jite as one ^
reserved tc his Majesty's Oover^nt for air facilities within the
te^ of the Governiiient agreement with tne Koweit Oil Company until
sue. time as we decide to develop the site, it or when it is
necessary to develop the site, we should be prepared to pay a rent
of £1,200 per annum. Whether any attempt snould be made to get the
land'for less we feel we must leave to you, particularly in view
of paragraph 8 of the Political Agent's despatch 3o.C.12t of the
4th April, 1934, forwarded under cover of your letter P.Z.2588/34
of the 19th April,1934.
3. in this connection I enclose copy of a telegram which we have
received from the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq, in reply to ours
(also attached), which indicates that there is no suitable
alternative to the quarantine site either as a base for land
aircraft or for flying boats, and this, of course, makes it even
more desirable than we previously thought that that site should be
A . 1 'V y
safeguarded.
~ of the l7tk instant and the
4, To deal nova vsiita your letter
points raised "by your legal Advi-er.
.. . most desirable to put domn
(a) We agree that it is mo
G.Laithvjaite Esq.,
India Office,
S.W.l.
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