'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company' [‎227r] (458/558)

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5 < B) • « was agreed that the clause ^
providing that the Sheikh should be the sole judge whether
a national emergency existed should be transferred to the
a o ve rnme nt agr e e me nt.
Article 6 (3) In view of the fact that the
article would be qualified by Clause 4 of the Government
agreement the Government representatives agreed to this
article wi oh tne addicion at the end of the words M to the
Sheikh’ 1 . I c was agreed that a sentence should be added in
Clause 4 of the Government agreement to the effect that
the arrangement contemplated in the second sentence of the
Clause would not prevent the Sheikh's representative from
dealing direct with the Company on minor routine matters.
Article 7. The Government representatives agreed
not to press for the re-insertion in line 10 of the words
"food supplies”.
Some discussion took place on the question whether
something should be paid by the Company for exemption from
taxation before the time when commercial production was
declared, but it was agreed that no payment need be made
by the Company under this head on the understanding that
the value of the exemption was taken into account in fixing
the amount of the dead rent in Article 3 (b) . Tne Company's
representatives explained that they proposed go offer the
Sheikh 65 thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per annum (Article 5 \b)j before
and 200 thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per annum after (Article n (e))
commercial production was declared.
Article 9 . The Company agreea.
(a) to insert "with the consent of" before "on
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(b)/
conditions to be arranged”.