"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎١‎١‎١] (٦٢٠/٢٢٦)

Telegrams- P.
From:
H.M*s Secretary of State for the Colonies,
London.
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Dated:-
Political Besident,Bushire#
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4th (received 5th) February 1933#
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IMPORTANT.
From the last paragraph of my telegram No# 9fi
of 22 nd December you will have seen that we had hoped
that in the light of Petroleum Department's memorandum
and discussion with you and Dickson,Shaikh of Kuwait would
have felt able to make an<| early,if not necessarily an
immediate,decision as between the Anglo Persian Oil Company
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and the Eastern & General Syndicate on a broad view of the
financial and other major considerations involved. It
seems possible now that the decision may be unduly delayed
and the position complicated by discussion with the eom-
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petitors of the details of the draft concessions# This
be
would/likely,incidentally,to raise important points in
connection with safeguards and also with such questions
as Railways,Telegraphs,exclusion of certain areas etc.,
on which the Shaikh will require the advikce of H.M's
Government. I shall be glad,therefore,if,unless you see
any objection,you will indicate to the Shaikh the
desirability of avoiding discussion of such details until
he has decided which company to grant the concession to.
You will also no doubt ensure that the Shaikh gives
the representatives of the companies clearly to understand
that it is condition of the discussion that he may,after
he had made his decision as between the competing companies
require amendment of draft agreement on any points on
which H.M's Government advise him to insist (in this
connection please see last sentence of penultimate para
graph of my telegram No:9 of 22nd December.
This proviso in itself renders detailed discussion
of any but general and financial features of draft