Coll 29/29 'Consulate Launches: Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder Abbas, Koweit, Muscat' [‎22r] (44/129)

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but is nos even greater, osing to the development of the
ruwait Oil Coras* ny 1 ® field whioh necessitates frequent visits
of 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. to the northern shore of the Kuwait bay
and the Khor Subiyah ares and owing to the aetlvltlea of the
9 Iraqi customs launches in Kuwait waters*
4* 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. , Kuwait, proposes that he should
be provided with a locally built 9 dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. 9 launch and estimates
the cost (baaed on actual experience In Tfehrcd n) at Ra*ll,192/~,
of which detaila are given in the attached statement*
5* a Thorny croft engine has been selected, as experience
ha a shown them to oe suitable end it la understood that the
Kuwait Oil Company are going to use Thornyoroft engines, so
that it will be possible to have the benefit of expert help at
hand in case of difficulty and of spares being available on the
spot*
6. I strongly support 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. 's proposal in
the light of the experience which I have gained at Bahrain
(a) in carrying out the alterations (amounting virtually to
reconstruction owing to her rotten condition) to the Bahrain
a
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch ‘•Felix Jones*, which converted her into «n
J admirable sea-boat,
* see the correspondence ending withal
letter No.7.566 -a/ 33 dated the 7th (
December 1933 from the Government of \
Indie in the foreign end Political ' In
capable of going out
Department
almost any see:
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and also (b) in the
course of the construction of a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. -launch for Rear Admiral
J.V.Creagh, the late Senior Naval Officer, in which he would
have travelled to fnglend but for the Italo-Ateyssinian
hostilities. These craft have proved themselves a success
in local conditions and are especially well suited to use by
an Arab crew*
7. I accordingly have the honour to request that the
Government of India may be pleased to authorise the construction
locally /