File 1247/1912 Pt 2 'Anglo-Turkish Agreement. Acceptance by Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah.' [‎18r] (31/166)

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caa« it 8a*no4 promatur^ to ootne to iasuo ovar th«ri no^ # w#
srant on to wsplain that If tha Bailoaf dll crortually co-o to
Xuwfti t f It would obviouoly be xmrmwnfibXo tor hita to ewpeet
to receive the duty, or all the duty^on through.oarsd» end that
v oeoe a preliminary di^oueeion and arrangement would
hare to be arrived at between the r 0 rte end ourselves, acting
in hie behalf, for regulating the diatributton of th® duUee
| on through export or import cargo at Kuwait in a manner fair
both to hinaolf and to Turkey, in regard to local cargo hie
! righto would of oouree have to bo cp^olfioally aeparatod or
safeguarded. I eapreoeed the psreefml view that thin was an
inotonoe in vhleh our internets and his would be the same and
that it would be our business to see that he me fairly treated.
Shaikh Khagftl gave useful help in getting HobaraJt to view this
1 question in a sensible light.
10. We now cornu to his rain objection, the clause requiring
hie to receive a Uriel oh "Coasdsoaire* or Agent in ^wait.
Here, to begin with, Shaikh ^obarak was bluntly urooifl-
protelslng, saying that it wae one of the speoifl© and chief
features of hi© B&wmmtm with us that he Should refuse to
roMiv* ttM) *e«nt of any forolgn roww, InoXu&lng iurk«y f m»t
th»t th# eub.il anion of any rsproaontatt## cm too part of to#
Turkleii ooTcrnRont in Kuwait vac th« on# thing that ho had h«nn
always detomir.od to roaiet a 1 'outranoe and had up to now
auocoodod In withatandlng.
3h#r. followed a long dloouasion In which th# oaa# of
Sgypt and too argunent that th# appointment waa a uesful Indi
cation and naoaacary roault of to# recornltlon of hia adPl-
nletratlw# autonomy war# nad# toe moat of» iswantually 130
agreed, provided that 1 would eonfirr. toe purport of their
■••■age In writing, to how to the will and adviee of Hit Ma
jesty’s Government, relying on their aacuranee of the identi-
; ty of our interest# and on toe enjoyment of their afficnelouo
•unport in case of need against the aetivltlee and intrigue#
on toe part of toe TUrlcito Agent which he Instinctively appre
hended, and which he feared would prove no lea# a worry to
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