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Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme' [‎215r] (434/1092)

The record is made up of 1 file (543 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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DRAFT LETTER
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1936.
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I am directed by the Secretary of
State for India to refer to the
correspondence resting with 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.
printed letter of the 26th October 1936,
No.P.Z.6114/36, regarding the proposal
for an independent Koweit Post and
Telegraph Office, and to enclose for the
information of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs a copy of a letter
which has now been received from the
Government of India on this subject.
Mr.Eden will observe that, while the Indian
Postal Authorities are prepared to take
over the control of the postal
arrangements at Koweit using Cable and
Wireless Ltd. as their agents, they are
on^-ly prepared to do so if they are
indemnified against any possible loss.
It is apparently calculated on the basis
of the 1934 figures that the annual loss
might amount to Rs.3200, and the Sheikh
of Koweit is not himself prepared to
give an indemnity.
7,In the circumstances the Government
of India propose that a guarantee of
indemnity should be given to the Indian
postal authorities and that the contingent
liability should be shared between Indian
and Imperial Revenues in accordance with
the standing arrangements for the division
53190 5000 10.36

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The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait.

The file contains:

  • Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29
  • Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Office at Kuwait, 1931
  • Proposed diversion of the Basrah-Kuwait telegraph line, 1931
  • Statements showing the expenditure and the income of Kuwait Post Office during the years 1926-35
  • Proposed establishment of wireless station at Kuwait to take the place of the existing Post and Telegraph Office administered by the Iraq Government, 1932-38
  • Proposed agreement between Kuwait and Iraq, concerning administration of Kuwait postal, telegraph and telephone services, 1932-33
  • Extract of commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Kuwait Oil Company, 1934
  • Participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme, 1939
  • Sharing of revenues between Kuwait and Iraq, 1940.

The file is composed of correspondence between: the High Commissioner for Iraq; 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. ; the Director General of Post and Telegraphs for Iraq; the Government of India, the Foreign Office; the 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. ; 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. at Kuwait; the Ministry of Economics and Communications of Iraq; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq; the ruler of Iraq [King Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]; the British Embassy at Baghdad; Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon; Kuwait Oil Company; the Treasury; Frank C Strick and Company Limited; and Imperial and International Communications Limited.

There is a document in Arabic with English translation in the file, a letter 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. at Kuwait to the ruler of Kuwait, and the translation of an article, from the newspaper Al-Bilad . There is also a document in French, a letter from the Bureau International de l'Union Postale Universelle.

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1 file (543 folios)
Arrangement

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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 544; 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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English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script
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