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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [135r] (274/524)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939. 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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.Z.4843/34.
SE Cxiii i o
AIR MINISTRY,
ADA3TRAL HOUSE,
KINGSWAY, W.C. 2.
lOy dear La ithwaite,
With reference
to-day, will you pleas
interview oetween the
Sheikh of that place,
Colonel Fowle's letter
20th July 1934
A>' '
to our telephone conversation
refer to tne notes of an
politic4-1 Agent, Koweit, anu the
on tne/lot.n June last, attached to
No.596-S of the 28th June 1934,
to Air Officer Cornsanding, Iraq. In these notes tne
Sheikh of Kcweit is stated to have agreed to allow us to
have a lien upon the quarantine site (area 1(a)) at an
annual rent of £100 for two years only, afoer whicn time
we are required to say definitely whether or not we -wish
to take up the site for development as an air case at an
annual rental of £1200.
I fear that such an arrangement will he of very
little use to us as it is highlyuuniikely that we snail
he able to make our decision witnin so shoro a time. It
is difficult to estimate what period is likely to elapse
before we need made any decision on this point, out so
far as if is possible to estimate now, five or six years
would seem to be the minimium period whlmi >aou 1 u oe any
use to us* If we have to maKe an estimate I think t^n
years would be a more suitable period, though, naturally
it is very much preferable that we snouiu not have to
specify any definite period.
1/
Laithwaite, nsq•,
India Office
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variously discussed alongside occasional correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait 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 Bahrain on the same subject.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 18-59, and ff 196-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:204v, 206r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:239v, 242r:245v, 249r:249v, 251r:259v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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