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Ext 878/48 'Establishment of USA consulate at Kuwait' [‎4r] (7/34)

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The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1948-19 Aug 1949. 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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April 29, 1949
CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Bernard:
This Embassy has received an Instruction dated April
21, 1949, to approach you again regarding the opening or
a United States Consulate in Kuwait. You will recall th
this subject was discussed about a year ago, the most re-
cent communlcation from the Foreign Office being Mr. L.F.I..
Pyman's letter of April 15, 1948 (File No. E 4221/3179/91).
The views of the Department are set forth so clearly
in its Instruction that I quote it below in full.
(Instruction begins).
The Secretary of State refers to the Departments
telegram dated March 8, 1948, informing the Embassy that
the Department had under consideration establishing a
Consulate in the Sheikhdom of Kuwait and requesting the
Embassy to ascertain whether the British Government,
which enjoys a special treaty relationship with the ohaikn-
dom, would be agreeable to the establishment of such an
office•
In its responsive telegram of April 16, 1948, tne
Embassy quoted the following text of a letter dated April
15, 1948, addressed to the Embassy by the Eastern Depart
ment of the Foreign Office:
’HVe fully appreciate the desire of State Department
to provide routine consular services for US citizens
in Kuwait and are anxious to meet their wishes. /»e
feel that most practical4ay of providing facilities
which State Department requires would be to arrange,
on analogy of arrangements existing at Bahrein, the
US consular representative in Basra should perform
consular functions in Kuwait on an lnfor ^ 1 4 . b ^ 3is ^ ll
and without exequatur. This would m ^ n .hYn^Ynsul
not be officially appointed or described asUSGonsjl
in Kuwait but we hope that you would not regard this
as serious disadvantage. In view of our special treaty
relationship with the Sheikh, the channel through
US consular representative would conduct rela “°^
Bernard A.B.Burrows, Head,
Eastern Department,
Foreign Office,
Whitehall, S.W.l.
CONFIDENTIAL

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The file contains correspondence regarding: a request from the United States Department of State to the British Government to approve the establishment of an American Consulate in Kuwait; and the recommendation by the Foreign Office to include the Consulate in the American Basra Consular District instead. The other main correspondents are as follows Lancelot Frank Lee Pyman (Foreign Office, Eastern Department); John Percival Gibson (Commonwealth Relations Office); 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; 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. and Consul, Muscat.

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1 file (15 folios)
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The file's contents 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 17; 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.

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