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Abraham while he was here showed me a
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Company and the Shaikh of Kuwait for an oil concession
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in the Neutral Zone.
2 . It is I think premature to consider all
the details of the agreement. I gather that what has
happened in the past with regard to oil concessions
in the Gulf is that the Company and the Ruler concerned
have first reached verbal agreement regarding financial
terms and that a written agreement has been negotiated
subsequently at leisure, the India Office and Political
Resident being consulted regarding its terms.
3. In the present case however Abraham acting
on my advice has suggested to V/at son that he should
show you the first clause of the draft agreement, as it
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relates to the peculiar political conditions appertaining
in the Neutral Zone. The exact terminology to be used
requires rather careful thought and it would perhaps be
worth while considering it at this stage.
4. Watson will no doubt be willing to show you
the whole draft agreement if you wish. It mostly
follows the lines of the Kuwait Oil Company's agreement.
I have pointed out to Abraham that the Company propose
to bind themselves to do all sorts of things within
fixed time-limits which they may find it impossible to
do owing to the fact that they cannot act within the
Neutral Zone independently of Ibn Saud and his
concessionaires.
Donaldson, Esquire, C.M.G.,
The India Office,
London.