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'File 9/13 Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh motor route' [‎5r] (9/40)

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The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1937-9 Sep 1938. 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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Secret.
The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Buahire, the 5th February 1937.
D.O.No.175-3.
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Gould you please refer to 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. endorsement
No. P.2.9098/36 on letter No.CF/676/36 of the 19th November
1936 from the Secretariat, High Commission for Palestine, to
the Colonial Office, on the subject of a possible Kuwait -
Haifa commercial motor route.
2. For the reasons given in paragraph 6 et seq below
I think perhaps it might be convenient to link this subject
up with that of the defence of the Gulf in tine of war f
dealt with in my demi-official letter No.82-3 of the 18th
c/\^\ IjX January 193/ to Metcalfe, copy sent to Valton under my
Printed letter No.83-8 of same date.
3. As you are aware the idea of the route in question
was first raised by de Gaury last Surrmer. His general idea
was that it might be possible to open up a route as follows:
Kuwait•
Hafr-al-Batin, Saudi Arab frontier fort. tfater.
Umra-ar-Radhurama, Saudi Arab fort is being built.
0at er.
Lina, Saudi Arab fort is being built. tfater.
Birkat-ash-Shaihiya. vater. Junction with the
Nejef-Hail M pilgrim H route.
Jauf, Saudi Arab provincial centre, wireless, water
etc.

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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the 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. at Bahrain concerning commercial motor routes between Kuwait/Haifa, Kuwait/Riyadh, proposed by the Kuwait Oil Company to link Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Palestine as an alternative route to the main route via Baghdad.

On folios 9-17 there are envelopes containing two copies of a 'Sketch map showing Motor Road from Kuwait to Riyadh', both of which consist of three sheets.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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