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'File 53/87 III (D 160) British Policy in Kuwait' [137r] (290/450)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1940-22 Mar 1942. It was written in English. 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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b3/87
Telegram "S"
From
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.
, .bondon»
To Political Kesident, cushire©
j^o. 16456
Dated HOth received 22nd December 1941.
following repeats telegram 1368 from -Bagdad to
foreign office i6tii December begins*
Please pass to tiovernment of xndia 527 Political
Resident 36 Kuwait 32 repeated saving to ueneral ufficer
Commanding and benior iNaval Officer, Persian uulf»
iour telegram 1084#
burvey party cannot oe spared to undertake this
work before Marcii 1942# Meanwliile however it should be
•» .
possiole to utilise map recently prepared by Railway
Survey Company once the location ^gr # mutd»} of "point
little to south of oaf wan at which the post and notice j
board marking it had stood until March -1951-* has been
determined. i am accordingly instructing Major Dowron
Assistant political ildvlser Basra to establish this point
as accurately as possible on the spot*
2* i- realise that this is not ideal solution as
actual position of um Qasr may lead to controversy at some
later date® it is no use however to expect any general
agreement to be reached on the delimitation oi this area
without interminable delay and for this reason i consider
it is desirable for us to go ahead on basis of our own
idea of frontier* iiinds*
- KETAXAKDIM -
R«E*T«
22/12*
C m.
K ovl'.
Ji
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions regarding the construction - by the British military - of an emergency port at Um Qasr on the Kuwait-Iraq frontier and the expansion of existing port facilities at Kuwait. The logistics and political implications of this proposal are discussed in detail.
The file contains two maps; one of Um Qasr (f 92a) and another of Zubair and its surrounding area (f 136).
The file also contains two reports authored by the British 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. in Kuwait, Tom Hickinbotham:
- 'A note of [sic] the Safwan-Khor Abdullah section of the Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'. November 1941 (ff 110-129).
- 'A note on the Establishment of a Port at Umm Qasr and its Effect in Peace Time on the Trade and Prosperity of Kuwait'. January 1942 (ff 146-149).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 2.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 212.
The file contains the following foliation errors: f 92 is followed by f 92A; f 113 is followed by f 113A; f 123 is followed by f 123A; f 124 is followed by f 124A.
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