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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [‎141r] (301/474)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-5 May 1937. 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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enter the field, and upset the whole carefully built up
apple cart, just before the Kuwait Oil Company got their
concession* On these occasions I as P. xl . ought to have been
anywhere, but where I was - spending my whole time decypherlng
and encyphering lengthy and more often than not unnecessary
telegrams•
Oftei. too, while still struggling to decypher
messages, further messages ij&rked important or priority, would
arrive, asking why I had not replied to points of the telegram
I was still trying to decypher - truly a pathetic state of
affairs* Of course chaos often resulted,!, the P.ii.. , got
rattled, and G-overnnent did not get the best of their nan
on the spot, or even properly considered answers at times.
In actual fact, I always got my wife to come to
my rescue and I even trained little ^ahra (11 years old)
to assist - the latter became quite proficient latterly in
every kind of Cypher as well as in typing them out-
You, however, have not ot a wife and child and I
makitain that turning ones wife and child into G-overniier.t
Cypher Clerks is decidedly wrong in principle, nor is it
fair to use them for many hours on end on such vork, as
I hove been obliged to do at times Just to keep the show
from breaking down*
It is quite true th£ t I asked for and was iven
permission to make use of the ^uarmtine liedi cal Officer
(Greenwa:) for Cypher work, but a he has had to meet on
an aver" e 3 steamers weekly as v/ell as 4 Xiiperial airways
planes, and on top of all /inc. time to do the work of the
Charitable Dispensary, I foun«. in practice that he as
never available when he was wanted "?or my work*
As you know it is a day's journey to get out to
steamers here and he could not be lightly taken from
% uaranti ne wo rk *
Greenway then can be eliminated thereio-'e, for
he has not the time to give assistance of any practical

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Content

This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait).

The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file including some original cuttings (ff. 112a-112d).

The following topics of particular interest are also discussed in the file:

  • The possibility of the Ottoman Bank or the Imperial Bank of Persia establishing a branch in Kuwait (f. 22, 26, 55, 60, 61, 97-99).
  • The right of British subjects to trade in Kuwait (ff. 156-159, f. 164, f.168, f.171, f.181, f.187).
  • A complaint made by the Government of Iraq concerning an incursion into Iraqi territory by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and an armed escort (ff. 201-206).
  • The education of Kuwaiti students in Iraq (ff. 122-23, f. 127).
  • A proposed hunting trip by Shaikh Aḥmad to Amara in Iraq (ff. 188-189, ff. 192-193, ff. 197-200).
Extent and format
1 volume (235 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

An index of the topics discussed in the file is included on folio 1B.

Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.

Physical characteristics

Condition: A bound correspondence volume.

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found 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.

The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 112, 112A, 112B, 112C and 112D; 121 and 121A and the following omissions: 65; 179-181

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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