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Reference telegram No.102(and 103 ) dated the
25th. August from the Charge D’ Affairs, Jedda.
It is note! that a letter follows by bag but
ore sum in g that there is no point uncovered by the
telegram L suggest that trie following amendment of
the Saudi Arab Amendment of article 1 of the Regulations
should be proposed to the Shaikh when seeking his
reactions to the present Saudi Arab prooosals. As
they stand they will certainly not be acceptable to
him for the reasons stated below.
His Excellency is sometimes a little at a loss
in drafting regulations and it is best to give him
something to meet the case to which he can agree in
in a few words or with very slight amendments
The para 2 of telegram
antepenultimate
sentence before the
ertence. After "
any person 51 insert
"with the caravan"
meant)
(If this, as I think is what is
Para 2 of telegram antenenu l tlmate sentence .
This is nearly a return to the unacceptable
condition made by the Saudi Arab delegates last
summer, making the rules in effect applicable to
even individuals.
It is mainfestly on a 'ay open frontier
impossible for the Shaikh to prevent 'every BeduinJ
carrying goods without manifest The only way to e^iect
thAt would be to issue manifests for every single
individual shopping in Kuwait including those living
immediately outside Kuwait walls which is ridiculous
and literally impossible. Imagine the traffic blocks.
I would suggest that the sentence suggested to the
Shaikh as a possible alternative should be as follows
"The Shaikh of Kuwait recogniges that it is
the aim of these regulations that every
Bedouin purchaser of goods in Kuwait territory
leaving Kuwait territory for Saudi Arabia
shall carry a manifest, travel by the recognised
routes, and in a caravan at such times as may
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