FO 1016/136
Unauthorised use of Kuwait airfield, 1951 Jan 8-Mar 6
This file relates to a dispute between HMG and the Lebanese Government and Middle East Airlines Limited (MEAL) concerning landing rights in Kuwait. It contains correspondence on:
Insistence of HMG that MEAL formally apply for landing rights in Kuwait and its threat to halt services
Insistence of MEAL that it already has authority to land in Kuwait from the late Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah
Terms of the legal authority of HMG to manage aviation in Kuwait
Denial by the authorities in Lebanon of landing rights to British aircraft in Beirut
