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‘1/1 Volume III Koweit Saudi Relations’ [‎125r] (254/474)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1935-4 Jul 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Telegram I.7.C. 1927.
From
Political, Kuwait.
To
Brit consul, Bushire.
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183.
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Dat ed
15th June 1935. jjfe
Have informed "8hai^> personally of contents
your telegrams 495 and 496 and lie very grateful for
your advice# He has asked me to convey following reply
to you (dictated by him).
(1) He quite positive Saudi delegates
#coming with instructions accomplish
nothing.
(2) H.M.Gr. are well aware of the only two
possible conditions acceptable to Kuwait
(see_i)ara 8 & 9 of my Express letter
C-93’of 8th April) which conditions ^
have already beai given to Kuwait
delegates with orders not to go beyond ^
them.
(3) If Saudi delegates honestly desire
settlement, they will agree Kuwait's
conditions in day or two or conversely
they can reject them. If their orders
are to argue, or put forward other
unacceptable demands, then result will
still be nil, even if he postpones his
departure to England/ for another week.
In no case can he agree to any other
terns than those mentioned, and he has
often to-d H.K.G. so.
«
(4) He will be in K u wa it for 9 days with
Saudi delegates, and can listen to all
they have to say and this should be
enou^i.
(5) His own departure on 24th June need in
no way curtail welcome and round of en
tertainment arranged for delegates who
if they wish can continue talks under
.Abdulla Salim who has also been
given his orders.
c
(6) In view above though he would much like
meet/ your wishes he deeply regrets he
cannot postpone his departure now seeing
that he is ill and warned H.M.Gr. of his
iaS 3 &*£i 3 H intended departure on medical
advice.early last April, ^urtnei his
air, rail and sleeping car bookings have
all*now been arranged.
-POLITICAL-

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Correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and efforts to negotiate the lifting of a trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The volume is a direct chronological continuation of ‘1/1 Volume II Koweit Saudi relations’ (IOR/R/15/5/110), and includes:

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Kuwait 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle); the British Government’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Andrew Ryan).

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1 volume (233 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-233; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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