"D 93 نفط الكويت أ.ب.و.ك والنقابة الشرقية العامة المحدودة" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٤] (٥٢٦/٣٧٤)

He also believed that Major Holines had. represented to the
Sheikh that it would "be to his advantage in his dealings
with H«Government il American influence v/ere brought
into Kuwait. Colonel powle had done what he could to
impress on the Sheikh that it was in his interests to look
to the British Government, but in view of the attitude
H.M. Government had taken over the question of the oil
concession he thought the sheikh felt that H.M. Government
would have no serious ground for complaint if he were to
give the concession to the Eastern and General Syndicate.
Colonel powle said that he had no doubt that if
H.M. Government addressed a letter to the sheik instructing
him to grant the concession to the Anglo-persian Oil
Company, he would comply with such a request, but it would
be impracticable to send such a letter without it also
being communicated to Major Holmes. There would, he
suggested, be nothing to prevent H .M. Government from
telling the Sheikh that in their view the offer sutmitted
by the Anglo -Persian Oil company was tetter, if we were
satisfied that this was the case.
Mr. Starling referred to the proposal which had
been mentioned in a recent despatch that the country should
be divided between the Eastern and General syndicate
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the former getting about
400 square miles and the latter about 1,800 square
Colonel Powle said he thought Major Holmes was responsible
for this suggestion and it might be a move intended to
leave the Eastern and General syndicate a bargaining counter
in the event of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company heing given
the major part of the country. Mr. Starling said he
thought it would be useful to get particulars