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■be invitdd. to t&s fact tiiat if iiy ao.acession wan?
negotiated steps sho dd 7c taken to ensure that a clause
cn tlie lines of tiiat cat out in the tillrd paragraph of
Ax./^iery’s Confidential dec., ateh dated 19th June
1923, was included* fhic Colonel Dickson did e.nd the
Shaikh also O £.vo 'jb4 ov ''.olxier a copy c£ the clause and
told hiua that it must 'be inserted in any agreement that
was coao to# - aow forwH?*d foi* the laforijMttion of Hie
iwijssty’u Soveriimaat a cop/ oi a letter addressed “by
or to Colonex -^ieksui*#
•»* 1 have noc you reoo*v#u a copy uf the dr lift
concession but snail dout tie 3 a do so next uail and will
forward it for i oui* hcraship ’ a information as soon as
reoeired* Xt will ot soon however that tiajor Hol-acs
takem exception to the nationality clause ioi<i proposes
wo try and get it Liodified anu wG eutstitato u clause on
the line# ua the Bahrain Oil Coneeeaion* The dloaikh of
Kuwait howevei' i^iforiaad Colonel liickoen txiat under no
circoiiistanees would h* a^rec to the coneesBion being
transferred to an huiericnn comp nriy r and he hiriself was
insistent that the imtioiiaiity clause should be inserted
and tnat the concessionaires should be British*
5* I am sending a copy of this despatch to the
Covernoent of India*
I have the honour to be.
Your Lordship’s most obedient,
humble servant,
<*
sd/ -H* V.Biseoe
Lt*Colonel,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf*
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