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Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’ [16r] (31/40)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1932-7 Sep 1936. 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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political Department.
— *
This enquiiy (which no houht originates in
the anxiety of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to
counter-balance Major Holmes' activities in Koweit]
might perhaps have been more appropriately addressed
to the
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.
by the D.O.T., but the point is
hardly worth pursuing.
2. The Air Ministry telephone that they see no
objection to the proposal from either the service or
the Civil Aviation points of view; that an aeroplane
* j
of the type in question would cost about £1200; and
that the most satisfactory method of arranging for
its upkeep ana for flying it, etc. would be that the
Sheikh should engage a (British} pilot-mechanic, who
would cost about £1000 a year. They will prepare a
statement which can be communicated to the Sheikh.
I said that so far as we were concerned I aid not
think that we should see any objection to His
&
excellency acquiring an aeroplane, but that ca it
was a question of a European pilot living at Koweit
the Resident would probably be interested. It was
agreed that at this early stage it was perhaps
unnecessary to go into the various points v\hich might
arise ana that our best course would be to see how
the sheikh reacted on finding the expense involved.
3. A copy of the D.C.T. letter of 21st
November has been sent^e Bushire and copies of
further correspondence will be similarly sent.
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The file contains correspondence related to an enquiry made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, regarding the purchase of a private aircraft. The practical and political aspects of this request are considered by some of the correspondents: the Air Ministry, the Department of Overseas Trade, the 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. , and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1971
- Title
- Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:18v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence