"الملف 26/185 V (F 96) شيخ المحمرة" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٦] (٤٧٢/٢٩٩)

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Political i^^ency,
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Dated the 19th larch, 1946.
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[ .,111 you please refer to
Bolitical Agency, Kuv/ait»s letter
^ arc ^ 1 » 1946^ to H.ll. \ the marginaily noted corresp-
SrC? Hisbp®3S^ setter No # R,6,3107 dt j ondence forwarded herev/ith
' 1 S?' T^r? ^r 0 Kuwait. | regarding Shaikh Abdullah
Letter dt, iOoh karoh # 1946, froia 3h. } Khazal ^
■ : aullaii Khazal to , / I.u./Lit. J
2.. I consider we can place little reliance on the latter T s promise
jvfto :i • to refraii O ro'. any political activity while in Lu\,ait,
jurj in^erviev; v/ith Shaikh ^bdullah Khazal on the 9th !'arch, he
frequently enphasised his precarious financial position, and anim
adverted at some length on the loss of prestige he would incur if he
were compGllcd to become a taxi driver or ado^t a sii ilar profession
to earn his living.
1^- in a position to assess his wordly wealth but, now that
Iraq is closed to him, imagine he must be pretty impecunious and,
from " ha^ I have heard it appears that he is in fact so,
T do not think he will be content to sit in T:u\.L.,it for any lenjth of
time living on the cru.ibs from his step-mother f s table.
T feel, than, thut he is bound to wish to move on else 1 here or to
repeat in some form or other his previous escapade and think we
should be prepared for either eventuality,
4. His request to be allowed to return to Khuzistan is presuiably
not acceptable and, if His Majesty's Government v/ould in anyway incur
any responsibility were he to cause further trouble while staying
in Kuwait, v/ould it not be preferable that he were persuaded to resid
further away from Persia and that, as a last resort^ we should be
prepared to maintain him?
I know His Majesty's Government are anxious to avoid any claim
for maintenance and the only country where he might find asylum "
without our incuring any such obligation seems to be Saudi Arabia
and suggest that the Ruler persuades him to move on there.
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The Hon f ble Sir Geoffrey .rior, L.C.I.K.,
Political Resident, > T?^ .
M.B,