"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎١] (٦٢٠/٦٠٦)

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CONFIDENTIAL.
No.bSfluS of 1933.
Britiah Residency Sc Consulate-General,
BUSHIRE, the 20th May 1933.
A copy of the undermentioned paper is forwarded to
the /
The Political Agent. Kuwait , v
The Political Agent. Bahrain ,
The Political Agent. Muscat.
for information and guidance*
2. S hould th e re pres entativ e of the f Iraq Petroleum
Company wish to approach the Ruler within your jurisdiction
it should be impressed on him that any dealings with the
Ruler should be conducted through you.
3. Subject to special instructions, e.g. at Kuwait V
in the case of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited and the
Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, suitable opportunity
should be taken to impress generally on the Ruler that he
should not negotiate direct with applicants for concessions,
and then approach the Political Agent lor ratification by
His Majesty’s Government of agreements already concluded, but
that all dealings with applicants should from the lirst be
conducted through the Political Agent.
By Order
for Secretary to the Political Resident
in the Persian Gull'.
FOREIGN OFFICE letter &%ted bth May 1933 to
the PASSPORT OFFICE.