"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٥] (٦٢٠/٤٣٤)

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PSRSOKAL AliD COIhFIJ^ENT IAL.
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,S.W.l.
15th March, 193 3.
Dear Mr. Hearn,
As you are no doubt aware, I recently had some discussion
and correspondence with Cadman about the Kuwait Oil Concession.
In the course of the discussion Cadman referred to certain
political difficulties between the Shaikh and His Majesty’s
Government and enquired whether there was any prospect of the
early removal of these difficulties. Unfortunately there is
no such prospect, though we are of course concerned to dispose
of them as rapidly as may be; and since we are committed to a
policy of not influencing the Shaikh, the question is one
essentially to be dealt with on a commercial basis. My object
in writing .to you now is to say that so far as we can judge,
the Shaikh is not likely to be much moved by the difficulties!
in question if the Anglo.Persian Oil Company put up an offer
which, viewed commercially, is definitely very much better than
that put up by the Eastern and General Syndicate, and in
these circumstances it seems to us to be for the Company to
consider what steps should be taken to counter the activities
or offers of their competitors in Kuwait.
Mours very truly,
(Sgd.J S. H. Y/ilson.