'File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab' [‎45r] (89/464)

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Pol i t i c m 1 v f en cy t
Kuwait, ^
1 lih • er, 1 J-t4,
J-lease reier co ajr telsgrua No. 1869 of D«c«ab«r 14th
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i'lie lebuers I eu ;;ettin^ i‘roru Ghe Coiapauy’s . enGs
’ater Ooipan^ 1 3 c.'.se is being
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in India indicate that the Kuwait
dealt v.ith by foreign in a routine way, probably by the third
Under Secretary’s clerK noting to a similar functionary in
bne upply Ue.artment, where it has been discovered that the
export of shipbuilding material is prohibited,
3- . *• t* 00 * *^now that — iiiy clerks can read fTazette
Notifications as v/ell as theirs — and, were export ordinarily
permitted, I should not be wasting my time justifying such cases.
4. The case of the Kuwait ater Co. pany is not a
routine case and requires r ther more high-powered attention;
and I would asK you to request the P.R. to support it dei.i—
officiaxly if he thlnxs fit.
5. Regarding timber — my telegram No.682 — Kuwait
cun, of course, do with considerably less than the 194o quota
of 3000 tons if the vrood is required in India for defence
purposes; but huweit always has imported teak .from Inuio for
ship building and should nou arbitrarily be cut off entirely
.’rom her supplies of planning etc.. If export of the whole -j
quota cannot be allowed, export of, at least, a balanced i
of wood should be permitted. Iy_ ,*
proportion of each oype
0 . ’he su. .e rti .arKs apply go i.uwait’s rp^ulferment 3 of
other ships’ gear mentioned in ny letter Uo.1395 dated the
18th December, 1944. In the aggregate these two coses amount
to one defence problem — that of maintaining indigenous
snipping to supplement our own — and should be treated as a
whole.
r var - sincerely.
( Jgd. ) G . N . ■Te c x son.
1 . 0 . ) ubeny, fsquire,
fecretary to the Hon’tie the Political
es d ent In the PersI an Gulf,
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