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Coll 30/227 'Water Supply for Koweit (Distilling Plant)' [‎4r] (8/99)

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The record is made up of 1 file (47 folios). It was created in 5 Jul 1947-1 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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EXTRACT FROM KUWAIT AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. EXPRESS LETTER “
NO.C/61 DATED THE 19TH JANUARY, 194g.j. TO * r ,
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. ,' PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. - a 7!/' Jf ,
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•"A group of wealthy Kuwait merchants wrsh to
fel float a company with a capital of up to £.1000,000
to erect a pipe-line and pumping stjations to bring
, resh water from the Shatt-al-Arab to Kuwaitv They
maintain that they could obtain a written promise from
the Iraq Government not to interrupt the supply of
water for any political or other reason. The Shaikh
told me of this informally and added that he had
replied that he would only give his permission if
His Majesty's Government would guarantee that the
Iraqis kept their promise. I informed him that it
was unlikely in the extreme that His Majesty's Govern
ment would give any such guarantee. He has not so
far pursued the matter".
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CONFIDENTIAL
No.285-S
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Bahrain
the 30th January, 1948
Copy forwarded with compliments to:-
His Majesty's Secretary of State for
Commonwealth Relations, LONDON .
with reference to a note dated 29th July, 1947 fro m
Q^j_ Rui)ert Donaldson, Commonwealth Relations

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The file concerns proposals for the supply of drinking water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). It was said in 1947 that the need for fresh water was one of Kuwait's most pressing requirements, and now that the state was in receipt of considerable royalties, Kuwaitis would not be satisfied until the need was met (folio 48).

In addition to 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. (later Commonwealth Relations Office) minutes and correspondence, the file includes correspondence from 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 (including emphasis on the need for a British, rather than an American company to undertake the work, folio 48); a proposal that the Associated Ethyl Company of London might be invited to combine their operations with the distillation of water for Kuwait; correspondence with the British Chemical Plant Manufacturers Association, London, and British firms interested in the project; and papers concerning a report on a municipal water supply for Kuwait by Mr Hogg of J.D. & D.M. Watson Limited, Consulting Engineers, for the Shaikh of Kuwait.

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 (47 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 49; 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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