"الملف 53/75 (D 156) مطالبة الشيخ خزعل ضد تجار كويتيين" [و‎‎١‎٣] (١٤٠/٣٤)

ffo# /^7 of 1930.
British Residency & ucrisulate-G-onerul,
Bushire, tne August 1930.
Frcm
The Die t-UcicnGl H.V.Biooce,
Politioal Hosidont in the Persian
To
The foreign icoretary toe Gcvernaent of Xadia,
^ X 15 L A«
Sir,
X have the honour to state that the Sh<aikn ot
Kchammerah r ntiy acnt an a^eut to Kuwait to ocilcct
debts due to him by Kuwaiti meroh nts. ^is Excellency
the Shaikh of Kuwait who is on toi'ms of intimate friend-
suiij with the Shaikh or -oliaxamerah rrna/-rrd every assis
tance to the lattar's •^ent and X understand that o n-
siler'hle s^ans v/ere recovered in cash. On account,
however, oi* tlie acute economic depreosi n now prevailing
in Kuw it ourc^ajthB slunp in the pearl market and the
blockade imposed by -bn oaud, mny of the Kuwaiti mer
chants 7 /hile admitting their liabilities were unaule to
iseot them and offered to surrender h; use property in
Kuwait in lieu oX' cash. i'he Shaikh of oohaim /ierah al
ready owns many houses in Kuwait and two large personal
residences purchased at a time when he was a ruling
Shaikh and enj yed practically independent powers*. His
poslti n, however, is no?/ changed; he is virtually a
prisoner in t he hands of the Persians while his health
is exceedingly oad. If these Kuwaiti subjects are
allowed to transfer more house property to the Shaikh
of Mohammer ah he will certainly be the largest owner
cf property in the town of Kuwait# The Shaikh of Kuwait