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Coll 5/16 ‘Air Route to India: Occasional landings at Koweit – Agreements between the Sheikh of Koweit and British Overseas Airways Corporation’ [41r] (82/550)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1932-25 Oct 1948. 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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Notes of a meeting held in the Commonwealth Relations ^ '
Office on 2nd December, 1947 to discuss future
aerodrome arrangements at Koweit.
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Present
Hr, .Donaldson (Commonwealth Relations Office) in the Chair
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Foreign Office
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Air Ministry
Mr. Southwell )
General Scofield )
Air. Commodore Chisholm)
Mr. Harrison^
Mr. Hallows )
Mr. Reed )
Koweit Oil Compary
Commonwealth Relations Office
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The Chairman said that it was now desirable that the present arrangements
at Koweit should be placed on a more satisfactory footing. The existing Civil
Air. agreement with the Sheikh of Koweit was due for renewal in May, 1948 and
the question now arose whether H.M.G. should enter into negotiations for
its extension.
2. Mr. Southwell stated that the Koweit Oil Company relied extensively on
air transport for the movement of both personnel and equipment to Koweit. At
present their traffic was carried partly by aircraft operating under charter to
the Company, partly ty their own aircraft, and partly^ between Basra and Koweit)
by Iraqi Airways. The Sheikh had intimated that the air strip imaediately to
the South of the town which the Company were using and maintaining (which had
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originally been prepared by H.M.G.) would have to be abandoned o./ing to its
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position outside one of the main gates of the town, and of the oonaoquont
interference t-o ground-trai'fio thereby canoed. The Company were accordingly
proposing to construct an air strip for their own purposes either/to the west
of the town between uimwaikn and Ahmedi or near the new harbour at Fahaihil
about .20 miles to the south. It was thought that the former site would probably
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be O'ving to the loooor likelihood of sandstorms. The length of the strip
would be 6,000 feet in order to permit the landing of four-engined aircraft.
Natural foundations would apparently be strong enough to bear the weight of
aircraft of this size. Mr. Southwell added that he would like to see Koweit
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put on the air map as a port of call on a main air route from this countly. The
operation}of the Oil Compary had expanded rapidly and would soon reach a
/considerable
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The file contains correspondence regarding civil aviation matters in Kuwait (also spelt Koweit in the file). The primary focus is the negotiation of a Civil Air Agreement between the British Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] in 1934, its subsequent renewal in 1938, 1945, and discussion related to its possible further renewal in 1948. Draft and final copies of each agreement can be found within the file; a 1934 copy contains both English and Arabic versions of the document (see folio 185-187). Correspondence related to occasional amendments has also been included.
Also discussed in the correspondence is the granting of permission for Imperial Airways (later the British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC) to land in Kuwait in September 1932 for a period of six months, and the establishment of an airmail service in 1948. It also contains some correspondence relating to British military requirements in Kuwait, and the transfer of the maintenance of the Kuwait Aerodrome from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to the Kuwait Oil Company.
The file also contains proposals from the Kuwait Oil Company for the construction of a new aerodrome in 1948, including two plans for the proposed airstrip (see folios 20-21).
In addition to the copy of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement (1934), the file contains a limited amount of correspondence with both English and Arabic translation.
The main correspondents are as follows: 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. , and 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 Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence with the following departments of the British Government: the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, 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. (the Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947), and the Ministry for Civil Aviation.
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 (272 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 273; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 5/16 ‘Air Route to India: Occasional landings at Koweit – Agreements between the Sheikh of Koweit and British Overseas Airways Corporation’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:16v, 23r:50v, 52r:61v, 63r:103v, 105r:109v, 111r:124v, 125ar:125av, 125r:130v, 132r:148v, 150r:184r, 185r:204v, 206r:208v, 210r:238v, 240r:253v, 255r:264v, 266r:269v, 272r:273v, back
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