مجموعة ٣٠/٨٧(٢) الجزء I "قطر: الامتياز النفطي." [و‎‎٤‎٩‎٠] (١٣١٠/٩٩٦)

India Office.
Confidential.
Memo. B. 432
r-PoUtical agreement between His Majesty’s Government in the
March the KUWait OU Co “P an y’ ^ 5 th
IHjS AGRE EME NT dat ed the Fifth day of March One thousand nine hundred
and thirty-four is made BETWEEN His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom (hereinafter called “His Majesty's Government”) of the one part and
the Kuwait Oil Company Limited (hereinafter called “the Company” which
expiession shall where the context so admits be deemed to include its successors
and/or assignees) of the other part.
t]l - G e / y ent . of tlle Kuwait Oil Company obtaining a concession from
til6 bheikh of Kowoit 0i6r6in£iffpr p^llprl ^ ^ ironi
Qoyernment ’ the c ° mpa ^ has “ d
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2 Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement between the Comnanv
and the Sheikh the obligations and benefits of that Agreement shall not be transferred
to am other Company without the prior consent in writing of His Maipcitv’a P
ment, and shall not be transferred b any Company in mole £ S | p^r 1^’
tLl BriSh subfectl 8 P ° Wer 18 ectly ° r indlrectl y oontro lled by persons other'
3. The employees of the Company in Koweit shall at all times so far as is
consistent with the efficient carrying on of the undertaking be British subiects or
subjects of the Sheikh. With the consent of His Majesty’s Government 3 which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, persons of other nationalities may be
on'crf’tlm^undertaking 1 . 111011 ^ r6<luired for the efficieilt oarr^ing
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement between the Companv
and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native labour shall be subiect to the
approval of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. J ’ *
4. One of the superior local employees of the Company shall be designated chief
local representative of the Company in Koweit. The approval of His Majesty's
Government shall be required for the person so designated. He will be ordinarily
resident at Koweit and will be responsible for the Company's local relations with the
Koweit authorities. These local relations shall always be conducted through the
Political Agent at Koweit, except as regards routine commercial business, which may
be transacted through the official representative (if any) whom the Sheikh may
appoint under the Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh. ^
5 Subject to the terms of the concession the Company undertakes at all times to
pay due deference to the wishes of the Sheikh and to the advice of the Political Auent
and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. g 1
6. The right given to the_ Company by its Agreement with the Sheikh to utilise
means of transportation by air shall be subject to any general regulations for civil
aircraft made by the Sheikh on the advice of His Majesty’s Government.
7. In the application of the right given to the Sheikh by his Agreement with the
Company to make full use free of charge of the Company’s wireless and teleo-ranh
installations and railways for governmental purposes in times of national emergency
the Sheikh acting on the advice of His Majesty’s Government shall be the sole kid^e
whether a national emergency ” has arisen. J &
S. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement between the Company
and the bheikh the Company shall not have the right to use or occupy, and shall not
P.Z. 1047.34 (27.2.34).
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and is not for publicatio n.
150 3.35