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Enclosure 1 in No. 240.
T he P olitical R esident to the S haikh of K uwait.
(No. C-6.)
A fter C ompliments , Camp, Kuwait, 14th January, 193.3.
W ith reference to the comments of His Majesty's Government, on the .proposals
from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, and the Eastern and General Syndicate,
Limited, which Colonel Dickson gave Your Excellency under his letter No. 2 dated the
8th January^ 1933, I have the honour to advise you that I have informed Mr. Chisholm,
the local representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, that this has been
done, and that he can now proceed with direct negotiations with Your Excellency in
the matter.
As Major Holmes, the representative of the Eastern and General Syndicate,
Limited, is absent in London, I have telegraphed to His Majesty's Government sug
gesting that the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, there should be informed in
the above sense.
Usual ending.
T. C. F owle,
Li eutenant-Colonel.
Enclosure 2 in No. 240.
T he P olitical A gent , K uwait, to the S haikh of K uwait.
(Translation.)
(Confidential.)
(No. 34.)
A fter C ompliments , Kuwait, 12th February, 1933.
W ith reference to the conversation which I had with your Excellency on
Friday, the 10th February last.
I have the honour to inform your Excellency that I have received an express
letter, No. C. 14, dated 6th February, 1933, from the Honourable the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, in which he directs me to remind you of the
conversation which he had with your Excellency on his recent visit to Kuwait, and asks
me to point out that should the representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company,
Limited, or the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, approach you on points
which are likely to lead to discussion, on such difficult questions as telegraphs, railwavs.
exclusion of certain areas, &c., Your Excellency should be careful to avoid discussing
such details until Your Excellency has finally decided to which of the two companies
Your Excellency proposes to grant the Oil Concession.
Should Your Excellency feel in any way doubtful as to whether any point put
foi ward by either of the Companies infringes on anv of such reserved subjects ,J
Your Excellency should ask my advice, and I will refer the matter to the Honourable the
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. for his ruling.
Lastly, I am desired by the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to remind vour
Excellency to keep me, your friend, generally informed of the progress of Your
Excellency's discussions with the representatives of the two Oil Companies.
Usual ending.
H. R. P. D ickson,
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Enclosure 3 in No. 240.
I he S haikh of K uwait to the P olitical A gent.
(Translation.)
(Confidential.)
(No. 2/823-R.)
A fter C ompliments Kuwait, 14th February, 1933.
i oil t? i ,TH 0 - P' easure I ' iave received your Confidential letter No 34 dated
^ ^ 1 nla ^' conv ®- vm g what the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian
Gulf had written in his express letter No. C/14 dated>6th February, 1933 in con
tinuation of the conversation which His Excellency had with me on his recent visit to