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Coll 30/45(3) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Koweit Intelligence Summaries 1946 - Feb 1948' [‎81r] (161/280)

The record is made up of 1 file (138 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1946-30 Mar 1948. 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 Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, for the
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29. Major ii.P. O'C Tandy, went out on a tour to the
l-IOV^hTS 01'■ B,nTT6r[ OFFICIaliS
Major rl.r. U t landy, went out on a tour to the ,j
lieutral Zone from 1st to 3rd and left for Basrah on the 12th
and returned on the 15th. ’
ruling- Family
3o. Shaikh Abdulla al Mubarak, C.I.E-., went out hawkinr,
on the 1st and returned on the 6th. Mr. ’’ilbur ?. Chase,
American Vice-Consul at Basrah visited Shaikh Abdulla al Mubarak
m his desert camp on the 4th.
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21 It is understood that_ a Kuwaiti motor launch loaded
‘•pip wheat from Basrah for the Kuwait Rationing Department met
with heavy weather on the 1st February and was forced to
jettison 200 bags.
22. An old man, the father of one of the night guards of
the Kuwait Oil Company, was burnt to death on the evening of
2nd as a result of pouring petrol into his lantern instead
of Kerosene.
22. > Some locust was brought into the town for sale during
the period under review. _ They are said to have come from*
K^g ? just south of the Kuwait - Saudi Arabian Neutral Zone.
Apart from this none are in evidence.
24. Reference paragraph 18 of Kuwait Intelligence Summary
do.2 Some of the employees of the Cloth rationing Department,
who had hitherto been vehemently denying any complicity in the
shortage of cloth, broke down and confessed having illicitly
sold 20,000 yards of cloth. Investigations are still proceed
ing.
2D. < The Kuwait G-overnment have issued commemorative labels
bearing the likeness of the Shaikh for the 26th anniversary of
his accession. About 8000 were printed and distributed free
for affixing to letters.. The Shaikh and many Kuwaities appear
to be under the impression that these labels will bring Kuwait
to fame among philatelists.
28. Members of the Educational Mission in Kuwait gave a
sumptuous tea party on the 11th in honour of .the birthday of
King Farouk. The gathering, which included the Political
Agent, members of the As-Subah family, and notables of the town,
was subjected to a speech, a poem, and a song in Arabic .
ihe Egyptian National Anthem was played twice. The elaborate
care with which this entertainment was staged, advertised, and
photographically recorded, would appear to lend colour to the
report that one of the miss-deeds laid at the door of the
previous Director of Education was lack of enthusiasm in cele
brating King Farouk's birthday.
2P.. One Monsieur Amouray de Riencourt, a French national
arrived here from Riyadh en route to Basrah on the 15th. He
is said to be a roving correspondent of "Review of Korld Affairs"
and was the guest of rang Ibn Baud for a week. He did not call
at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
38.
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This file contains copies of fortnightly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the following headings:

  • Movements of British officials
  • Visitors
  • Ruling family
  • Local news
  • Exchange
  • Meteorological
  • Prices of essential commodities
  • Shipping.

In addition to copies of these reports, the file also contains a small amount of correspondence between British officials and the BBC regarding one of its Middle East broadcasts in 1947 (folios 47-50).

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 (138 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; 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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