"الملف 45/23 I (D 140) الإصلاحات في الكويت" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٧] (٤٥٥/٣٩١)

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de C-aury, too, is of the opinion, vo. th wnion 1 entirely
eonour, that any approach to the Council on the question oi
an A^Tiaer at this stage would De a aerio^JS error in tactics,
for the 3hai!£h'a move ia ao obvioualy designed, and will
unqueationably be recogniaed in Kuwait, aa an attempt to uce
the power of tae Britiah GOTemment to break the Council.
And incidentally de Gaury and I have little doubt tnat if
be were to auoceed he would lose no opportunity of anifting all
the odium on to the ahouldera of Hia llajeaty'a Government.
on the other hand the Council, which after all is naKing
some attempt to begin to introduce reforms into the
administration, could at the beat only regard our advocacy
of auch an appointment at tne moment aa a clear indication
of miatruat of their motiTea and abilitiea. In sjofl
circumstances no Adviser could adequately oari-j out nib
funeticms, and public opinion, reacting to the Council's
resentuent, must become increasingly hostile to ilia
Majesty^ GOT eminent*
6. It aeema to me therefore that our firat atep must be
to disabuse both parties - and in particular the Shaikh -
any idea that we regard them as alternative and mutually
repugnant manifestations of authority in %u «ai , oi
we are likely to take sides in their dist^ reemeit s. Ho
progress can be made until the Shaikh realises that His
Majesty's Government recognise the Council aa an eaaential
feature of the adminiatration of Kuwait and, by implication,
thai they are not prepared to aaaist in any manoeuvres
designed to destroy **£. On their side tne Council must
understand tnat in spite of their -Inaugural iaw- we regard
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