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Enclosure in No. 261.
Political Eesident, Persian Gulp , to Secretary of State for India,
(Received 1.45 p.m., 15th May, 1933.)
Telegram.
15th May . T.l. Anglo-Persian Oil Company inform me that Shaikh of Kuwait
has intimated to them that he has decided to suspend negotiations for the oil concessions
for the time being and will let both parties know when he is ready to resume them.
Post copy to Government of India.— Ends.
18119/33 [No. 131].
No 262.
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 the SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 22nd May, 1933.)
(Confidential.)
(No. 28/454-S.)
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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. presents his compli
ments to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, and has the honour
to transmit to him a copy of correspondence received from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait,
on the subject of the Oil Concession.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General,
Bushire.
2nd May, 1933.
Copies sent to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,, Simla, and His
Majesty's Minister, Jeddah.
Enclosure in No. 262.
(Secret.)
(No. 80.)
^ IR - Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 27th April, 1933.
Oil Situation Report for Second Fortnight of April.
With reference to your demi-official letter No. 232-S, of 17th March, 1933, I
have the honour to report that nothing of an unusual nature occurred during the first
fortnight of April, which coincided with the period that Major Holmes was absent in
E gypt and Jeddah. Local oil matters were entirely overshadowed by the arrival of
H.M.S. Enterprise and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron and the round of entertainments
that had been arranged.
My fortnightly reports on the oil situation will therefore start from 15th April—
the present being the first of the series.
I note that anything of an important nature should be telegraphed to vou.
I. A-Vrival of I\hcin Bahadur Ahdul Latif Bin Ahdul J alii ^ late Director of Customs
at Kuwait.
(a) This individual, an elderly and very shrewd person, has been residing at the
Court of His Majesty King Bin baud for the last three years m sort of voluntary exile
He arrived back from Riath via Bahrein early in April and after the King had proceeded
to Mecca.
Ostensibly this person returned to visit his family who reside in Kuwait and also
to make his peace with the Shaikh from whom he had, three years previously parted
under a cloud. ' ^
In reality there is evidence to show that he knows more about oil matters than
he possibly cares to divulge—whether he has actually been given any sort of mission
by Bin Saud has yet to be proved, but his frequent references to the " free hand "
which the King has given hnn to compose certain differences with Kuwait provided
the results will benefit him (the King) financially, make one suspicious.
On the other hand, the worthy Khan Bahadur, who ostensibly, is very pro-British
may have failed to obtain a good enough job from the King in Saudiyeh and had