IOR/L/PS/12/3599

The file mostly concerns appointments at the Political Agency at Kuwait.

The file contains correspondence related to:

• Extensions of appointment of James Carmichael Moore as Political Agent, 1922, 1924 and 1926.
• Appointment of Harold Richard Patrick Dickson to act as Political Agent in 1928; extended in 1930, 1933, and 1934. Dickson's request for leave in 1933, denied. Dickson's appointment as Chief Local Representative of Kuwait Oil Company, in 1935.
• Appointment of Gerald de Gaury as Political Agent, 1935; extended in 1937. Termination of de Gaury's service at the British Legation at Jedda, 1935. Organization of meeting at Jubail between High Commissioner for Palestine and de Gaury, 1935. Arrangements for de Gaury's journey to Kuwait, 1936. Termination of de Gaury's employment, 1938.
• Appointment of Arnold Crawshaw Galloway as Political Agent in 1938; loan of Galloway for intelligence duties, 1940.
• Temporary appointment of Harold Richard Patrick Dickson to act as Political Agent in 1941; payment of an honorarium of £100 for his services.
• Requirement of crockery for the Political Agency, 1946.
• Sumptuary allowance of the Political Agent, 1946.

The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy; Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, Political Agent at Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the High Commissioner for Palestine; the High Commissioner for India; the British Legation at Jedda; Imperial Airways; Lloyd's Bank; the Passport Office; Kuwait Oil Company; and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.