"ملف ٧/٦ I مهبط الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٥] (٥٢٤/٤٥٤)

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,
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89th Horeidber, ^ 3^.
No. c/246 of 1936.
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from - Political Resident,
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, it appears to me that if the ’’Air Force
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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)