FO 1016/369
Development of fresh water supplies from Iraq, 1954
This file relates to the Shatt Al Arab water scheme to supply fresh water to Kuwait from Iraq. It covers correspondence on:
Possibility of using RAF land at Margil, Basra and the views of the Air Ministry
Plan of the areas of land at Margil specified for use, showing the proposed pipeline route, intake and stores depot
Presentation of the final report on the scheme by the consultants Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners to the Kuwait Development Board [not enclosed]