"ملف ٥/ ١ XI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٥] (٤٥٢/٤١٤)

TifflIA OFFICE.
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K oweit Oil
at India Office on 28th
rlPJ^iiL^QX with Mr.P.LI. Hunting^arid
Lieutenant-Colonel Bovill of Traders Ltd.
After discussion v/ith Mr. Wakely, Mr. Walton
and I saw Mr. Planting and Lieutenant-Colonel Bovill,
representing Traders, Limited, on 28th November.
Mr. Planting at the opening of the meeting
produced an official letter of 28th November from Traders
Limited to the Secretary of State for India intimating that
the Sheikh of Koweit had declared his readiness to grant an
oil concession to Traders Ltd., covering the whole of Koweit,
subject to the approval of Plis Majesty’s Government. The
Company’s official letter enclosed a draft of the concession
in the terms stated to have been accepted by the Sheikh,
together with a translation by Mr. Gabriel, the Sheikh’s
lawyer, of an Arabic letter, stated to be the Sheikh’s
autograph, from the Sheikh intimating his willingness to grant
a concession to the Company, subject to the approval of Plis
Majesty’s Government. A list of the persons and companies
associated with the application now put forward by Traders
Limited was also enclosed.
3. The Company’s representatives were informed that
the application they had put forward would cleaily require
consideration and that we would suomit the matter. In reply