Cable and Wireless Limited: concessions in the Persian Gulf

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Position of Cable and Wireless in the Gulf and suggestions for the improvement of its local position in the various Gulf Sheikhdoms. Except in Bahrain, the picture is gloomy. The situation is worst in Kuwait. This impacts British prestige as Cable and Wireless is controlled by HMG. Cable and Wireless want to dispose of their telephone undertakings in the Gulf. But the supply of telephone and telegraph services is not just a financial concern, it is also a political and strategic one. B A B Burrows therefore believes profitability of services should be considered as a whole, with losses on one part of the system compensated by profits on another (1-4)
• Report by Mr Eggers on his visit to the Gulf (5)