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Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit' [58r] (116/149)
The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1946-5 Apr 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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Tel. No.: Whitehall 1234
Your Reference
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TREASURY CHAMBERS.
Treasury Reference
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GREAT GEORGE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.l
Dear Donal
3rd Septe:rib0r, 194-6.
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; should have a
I explained to Harrison when I spoke to him on the
telephone, that my main concern was lest, having suggested
to the SheikV he should have a Financial adviser, we
shoulc be m** ' to produce an adequate man if and when
the time came. I suggested to H.jrrison that we ought perhaps
to examine the relative priorities of the requirement in
Kuwait and other demands for Financial Advisers, in the light
of available candidates.
Your suggestion that the supply of suitable candidates
may be increased if numbers of European officers shortly
leave the Indian Service^ largely dispels any reservation I
.i had; and if you feel that this is a reasonably certain source
f t of supply, we think there need be no hesitation in proceeding
'on the lines suggested. We should, however, not place too
much reliance on being able to find a man from other sources,
as the field is very thin, but if you feel that the case is
sufficiently important, and if you are not content to rely on
the supply from India, we Y/ould make a search. In that case,
we should need information regarding pay, prospects, security
(if any) and conditions generally. If you want such help,
perhaps you would let J.A.0. Robertson have these particulars,
and at the same time it would be advisable to get in touch
with Colonel Johnston, the Appointments Department, Ministry
'avistock Square, giving him
/ some
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The file concerns the administration and finances of the state of Koweit [Kuwait], and in particular the proposed appointment of a British Financial Adviser to the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a role similar to that of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave in Bahrain. This was against the background of the increasing revenues of Kuwait, derived from the country's burgeoning oil industry. A Foreign Office letter of March 1948 expressed concern that Kuwait and Bahrain, which were relatively two of the more important of the Gulf shaikhdoms, did not appear to have realised that 'the increasing strategic and economic importance of their states' demanded an improvement in their present standard of administration in order to carry out a programme of administrative and social reform, and so avoid political agitation and economic unrest in the future (folio 6).
The papers include correspondence on the subject from 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. , Kuwait; statements of account of the Kuwait Revenue Department, 1945-47 (folios 41-44); papers concerning the management of Kuwait's finances; and discussion of the names of possible candidates from the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. to fill the position of Financial Adviser.
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 (72 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 74; 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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- Coll 30/158A 'Koweit: Administration and Finances. Financial Adviser for Koweit'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:73v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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