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Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements' [‎495r] (994/1033)

The record is made up of 1 file (512 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940. 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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Draft Paper.
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political Department.
DRAFT
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V. v
T.V.Brenan, Esq., O.B.E.,
Foreign Office,
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EN0L06URE !♦* '"frW v
Na 4 3 28 OCT 1937
WOW ScC. i AND
LETTER. ^ 6 OCT
V/ould you kindly refer to Bushire
Express Letter of the 10th August
No.603-S of 1937 (copy of v/hich was
sent to the Foreign Office with India
Office printed letter No.P.Z.5746/37 of
Uf\w^CCiO
the 1st September about the Saudi-Koweit
Blockade?
2. After consultation with Fowle, we
are inclined to think that the next
step should be to let the Saudi G-overnmenl
know that the Sheikh of Koweit accepts the
principle of Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and Extradition
Agreements being linked with the Trade
Agreement, and at the same time to
ascertain v/hether they are prepared f at
the appropriate moment,to sign a Trade
Agreement in the form accepted by the
Sheikh. If the Saudi Government accept
the Revised Draft Trade Rog^ilatione the
question of the other Agreements can be
taken up. Fowle thinks, and we agree,
that it would be better to try and get
complete agreement about the Trade
Regulations before going too deeply into
the question of the Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and
Extradition Agreements.
3. On a point of detail, we agree that
the definition of "caravan’' in Article 1
DEPT. 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.
i
«0r'Y SENT TO.
of the Trade Agreement should include
motor cars, and this might be mentioned
to/

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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them.

The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, 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. , the British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait), but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Saudi Arabia's Minister in London, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on whose behalf the British acted during the negotiations with Saudi Arabia that led to the agreements.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains several drafts of the proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, including a trade agreement, an agreement of 'Friendship and Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ' and an agreement for the extradition of offenders. On folios 316-346, the file contains bilingual (English and Arabic) drafts of these agreements.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (512 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 514; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements' [‎495r] (994/1033), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3734, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054161843.0x0000c4> [accessed 13 May 2024]

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