Coll 30/166 'Koweit: Water Supply.'

Title:

Coll 30/166 'Koweit: Water Supply.'

Date:

1936/1939

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the supply of water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit), particularly in terms of Kuwait's dependence for water on Iraq.The papers cover: delays to Kuwaiti water boats in the Shatt al Arab caused by Iraqi customs, which resulted in a water shortage in Kuwait, and complaints to the British authorities by the Ruler of Kuwait, 1936-37; the British view that Iraqi actions might have been influenced by Kuwaiti smuggling (folio 36); 'Note on the Drinking Water Available in Kuwait and the Immediate Vicinity' by the Political Agent, Kuwait (folios 26-27); correspondence from A. Beeby Thompson & Partners, Consulting Engineers, London, concerning a proposed hydrological survey of Kuwait, 1938; the proposal of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) that the British Government should pay the cost of the survey; and the unwillingness, on strategic or political grounds, of the Foreign Office and other British Government departments to pay the cost of the survey, 1938-39.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Water supply

Geographic region:

Kuwait

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001d9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001d9_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3903
IOR/L/PS/12/3903

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