"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎٥‎٩] (٦٢٠/١٢٢)

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34EMO RAN DUM OP C ONYERBATI QN l
In a nets ^rem the Brittsh'^oreign Secretary p dated
April Sp 1932 (No* E 1733/121/91 ), regarding an application
cf the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, for an oil
concession in Koweit, reference is made to the extended
period of time th&t oil companies have been interested in
oil lands in Koweit®
The Eastern and General Syndicate initiated and
carried on negotiations with the Sheikh of Koweit for an
(4,1 concession in his Principality with the knowledge and
approval of the British Government but it was not until
after American Interests became associated in the venture
with \/he oyndicate in 1927 that th@ British Government
required (in lw'2d) the inclusion in the concession agreement
of a ’'nationality clause", which clause would have the effect
°* deluding any but purely British interests from exploiting
such a conceseiono
Thus the Syndicate for years prior to 1927 end in
agreement with American interests since 1927 has contin
uous Xy endeavored to obtain a concession in 'Koweit very
similar in principle to a concession which, with the
uAuw^edge of the British Foreign Office, had been granted
to the Syndicate in the Bahrein Islands®
Last December American interest in the Koweit
concession formed the basis of representations by the
American Ambassador to the British Secretary of State for
Fl reign Affairs* In referring to these representations,
the Foreign Office note of April 9, mentioned above, stated
ohat "His Majesty’s Government for their part are prepared
tQ agree t0 the omission from any oil concession, which the
Sheikh