مراسلات بشأن الامتيازات في البحرين والكويت وغيرها بين ١٩٣٢-يوليو ١٩٣٣ (مطبوع سري رقم ٤٩ للمكتب الاستعماري في الشرق الأوسط) [ظ‎‎٨‎١] (٢٨٤/١٦٤)

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house and generally Inaugurate the preliminary arrangements which are necessary.
As soon as the concession^reaches us I shall send Chisholm down to open negotiations
and either to stay down there and conduct them, if it is a day to day affair, or, alter
natively to fly backwards and forwards whenever required. I shall also pay tlymg trips
to Kuwait if the necessity arises.
I shall be very greatly obliged if you will let me know if you approve ot these
arrangements generally and, needless to say, I shall be moie than giate u or any
advice vou can give me as to the conduct of the negotiations.
With kind regards,
Yours, &c.,
N. A. Gass
P.S.—If, after reading this letter, you are of opinion that it is advisable to have
a personal discussion, will you be so kind as to send me a telegram and 1 will do
my best to fly down to Bushire. t i ^
J J N. A. G ass.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, to His Excellency Shaikh bin Ahmad Al
J abir A s -S* jbah , K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
NO - 72 - C / 7 - or iV T -I qqo
Your Excellency, 25th june ^ 19d /-
We have the honour to refer to our letter of the 15th June last and to inform
Your Excellency that we have now received a telegram from our Chairman, Sir John
Cadman, in which he directs us to express to Your Excellency the very deep sense of
gratification it has given to him personally to receive Your Excellency s message.
In deference to Your Excellency's wishes, Sir John Cadman has given immediate
instructions for an agreement embodying a comprehensive concession to explore,
prospect and mine for oil within Your Excellency's territory to be prepared and sub
mitted to Your Excellency for consideration. The preparation and translation of this
document will necessarily take a short time but we desire to assure Your Excellency
that it will be undertaken without delay and submitted as soon as possible.
Sir John Cadman has made, in his telegram, a particular reference to the grateful
recollections he retains of the hospitality and courtesy he received from the Eulers and
people of Kuwait during his visit to Kuwait 20 years ago and he expresses the earnest
hope that the contact so happily inaugurated then, and continued since, may develop
shortly into a still closer association between Your Excellency's State and this Company.
The cordial reception accorded to the undersigned by Your Excellency prompts
us to add with what pleasure we shall look forward to continuing the discussions on
lines which Your Excellency desired.
We have, &c.
(for Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd.),
N. A. Gass,
Deputy General Manager.
C. 98026/32 [No. 82].
No. 160.
COLONIAL OFFICE to PETROLEUM DEPARTMENT.
Sir , Downing Street, 12th July, 1932.
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip Canliffe-Lister to refer to the letter from
this Department of the 17th of June, # on the subject of the Kuwait Oil Concession,
and to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary for Mines, a copy of a further
despatchf from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. This despatch contains
certain comments on the draft concession which has recently been submitted by the
Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, and suggests that an entirely fresh draft
should be prepared for discussion with the Syndicate in London.
2. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister agrees with the proposal of the Political Resident,
and he suggests that the most satisfactory course would be for the new draft to be
* No. C. 98026/32 [No. 78] : not printed.
t No. 148.