"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٥] (٦٢٠/٣٣٤)

Political ^eney t Kuwait.
Dated the SEnd l:arch 19S3
Ko.53.
From
ht . -Colour 1 B.'i.P.Dick^n, C.I. I.a.,
roliticnl Agent, Kuwait;
To
Th® r on f ^l« the roXitical aesident in the Persian Gulf,
B U A H 1 n •£ ,
Invitation by he Eastern & Genial ayndicat© Ltd*
to . lyii/vh to yiait in^Xand,
air,
I have the honour to forward for your informtlon
and that of Hla j fcjeety f & Govemm-mt, the following corres
pondence;-
(a) letter, In original, dated the. 19th March
1933 from ;tr. ..Jenson, chairma & Managing
Director of the .astern l t.ener-1 syndicate ltd.
to nyself;
(b) My reply (ConfidsntleX - 0 .M 4 dated the
20th larch 1933.
2. Mr.Jenson *3 letter speaks for Itself*
3 . ’or your informtion as soon as I received Mr*
Jenson f a columnication I ealled on the shaikh and asked
him if the contents of the letter mere correctly stated*
lie replied that they were; rr* Jan son, he stated, had,
on. his arrival bad in Kuwait from Bahrain enquired ehe^her
he (the Ihalkh) oould give him a reply to the invitation
of hla firm,of 13th January last to visit »&X«nd -..so©
my Confidential Ko. 18) da tec the B6th January 1933,); that
he ^the Shaikh} had replied that he had referred the matter
to His Majesty* s Government thrtr?gli the nor. f ble the ^ oii ties
Resident. r. Jan son h^-d then said that he wished to make
th© invitation a personal on® now, and hoped that he 1th©
Shaikh) won Id visit London a® his 'private guest* and not