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'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [273r] (555/570)
The record is made up of 1 file (281 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1936-4 Oct 1939. 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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4603/39.
Kuwait Oil Company ? Limited,
Britannic House,
Finsbury Circus,
London, E.C.2.
25th July, 1939.
J.P. Gibson, Esq.,
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.
,
Whitehall, S.W.l.
Dear Gibson,
Further to my letter of today's date, I think it might
be useful if, in the course of the present inquiry, you
could give us a ruling on the extent of Kuwait territorial
waters. I presume that for the most part the limit of
territorial waters lies three
nautical miles
Originally one minute of arc measured along a meridian, but since 1929 redefined as 1,853.20 metres.
from low water
mark around the mainland and around all islands appertaining
to Kuwait. With regard to Kuwait Bay, as this is virtually
a land-locked harbour, having all its shores within Kuwait
territory, I imagine that the limit of territorial waters in
this region would not lie closer inshore than three nautical
miles beyind a line joining the two headlands at the
entrance to the Bay. I can, however, find no clear ruling
on this issue in the available text books.
Yours &c.
(Sd.) H.T.Kemp.
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- Content
This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait by the Kuwait Oil Company. The majority of the papers relate to operational matters from workers contracts, buoying and navigation, to plans for the construction of refineries.
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- 1 file (281 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-278; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/249
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- 8r:19v, 25r:28v, 30r:30v, 38r:39v, 58r:68v, 71r:71v, 79r:79v, 86r:86v, 91r:91v, 96r:98v, 100r:101v, 106r:106v, 110r:124v, 132r:134v, 136r:136v, 141r:141v, 150r:150v, 155r:155v, 181r:196v, 215r:216v, 245r:245v, 256r:257v, 259r:262v, 273r:274v, 276r:276v
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- Kuwait Oil Company
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