'XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.' [‎77r] (153/446)

withdrawal of tho ^urlciah military post orr' hubyan, and to a
recognition of the limit a of n 0 .;eit in accordance with the
indications in the accompanying hoinorandum (reproduced in
extenso below— .victe. )
Hi 3 na jeaty * s Government further roust aal. the Porte to
recognise tiie right of Great Britain in the rersian Gulf
(a) * to control surveying, lighting and buoyage
(b) . to police its waters
(c) . to conduct all quarantine arrangements,
m submitting these final proposals for the acceptance of
the -urxish Government, nis majesty 1 s Government are not
seeding territorial aggrandisement, nor are they embarking
on new developments of policy* Their desire is simply to
secure the recognition and to ensure the continuance ol an
order of things which, in fact, grew up under their aus
pices and before the appearance of xuruish authority in the
Gulf, and which has been proved by experience to favour the
development of trade and the maintenance of peace.
hohammerah.
They regard a settlement of the -ohammerah question as
an essential part of the present negotiations, and submit
a separate uemorandum on the subject (reproduced in full
below — i)-
Increase in rurkiah G-gsto ms duties *
if the Porte are prepared to conclude an agreement on
the above lines, and to concur in the renewal of the exist
ing veto on the borrowing powers of dgypt, then, subject to
the assent of the other powers. His Majesty’s Government
will consent to the maintenance for seven years of the in
crease from « to 11$ in Customs duty which was agreed to in
1907, and also to a furtnor increase of this general rate of
Customs duty from 11$ to 15$ for the same period.