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direct with Ibn Saud from time to
144. Although the Ru l er c0 " e ^P ( | )n to be tak en to end it, he regarded His
time about the blockade and the ible for inducing the Saudis to raise it
Majesty's Government as ultimately r® s P ti e too k U p the matter with the
and His Majesty's representatives trom time ^ a d ^ aft Trade Agreement
Saudi authorities. In 1936 with lhe r ^ ' rnment b u t in 1937 the latter insisted that
was presented to the Saudi Arabian G ^Qviid be executed at the same time.
Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. and Extradition Agreements shouM be ^ ^
This involved much further drafting a ^ satisfaction of His Majesty's
the terms of all three agreements were Qn March 5, 1940,
Government, the Ruler and the ^"di Arabian Kuwai and Hafiz Wahba;the
letters were exchanged between the o . a areeing that the terms of the three
Saudi Arabian Minister m London, H^vs' time thereby bringing the
agreements should be bought into force m fifteen day tirn^ thereby
Saudi blockade to ^ . e nd.( At the sa'ne^time^^ ^ was g not ^ ^
modifications and additions to them wtre ipHda On June 4 the Ruler
1942, that, the agreements -^e fnfy undertook to observe
conveyed in writing his approval of the a g^ e ,, M j 1943("«)
them ( 328 ) Instruments of ratification were exchanged at Jedda y '
1 ac Thp Trade A2reement( 330 ) brought into force a manifest system and
145. The Jrade Aaent in Kuwait It has worked satisfactorily
mentioned a Saudi Arabian Trade Agent Trad^ Aapnt have come to notice
asgrattsf »«-*5
Arabia ('") The Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement! ) contains provisions for he
aoDointment of frontier officers by both parties and their functions and for the
free movement of tribesmen in search of grazing and provisions (musabalahl
In a schedule details of the procedure to be followed in respect of the return
of looted property and lost animals, the payment of b'ood money andother
such matters are recorded, and letters were exchanged on the subject of the
tribes which owed allegiance to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait respectively, with
proviso that if Kuwait claimed any sections of the Saudi tribes a separate
understanding should be reached on the subject or failing this a Joint Committee
should be appointed to decide the matter. The Extradition AgreemenU
covers a number of offences, including smuggling but excluding political
offences, and makes special provision for the Neutral Zone. The agreement is
accompanied by an exchange of letters dealing with offences against the Irade
Agreement. So far as is known the terms of the Extradition Agreement nave
never been invoked and nothing has been heard of the frontier officers providea
for in the Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement.
146. The questions of the administration of the Neutral Zone, the boundaries
between Kuwait, the Neutral Zone and Saudi Arabia and the Saudi claim to certain
islands have been dealt with above (sections III to V) and there is little else that
calls for notice. In 1938 and 1939 Ibn Saud supported the Ruler against the
campaign of vilification from Iraq. In 1944 he asked His Majesty's Government
to interfere in favour of the political prisoners detained since the disturbances ot
1938 and 1939. His Majesty's Government refused to interfere, and it is probable
that he wrote personally to the Ruler as the prisoners were shortly afterwards all
released. In 1948 he objected to the grant of an oil concession to the American
Independent Oil Company (paragraph 108 above) without his having been consulted.
At the end of 1953 King Saud agreed to lift a prohibition on the export of certain
articles from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait, to allow the passage through his territory
of motor vehicles carrying fruit and vegetables from Syria to Kuwait and to grant
entry visas free of charge to Kuwaitis landing at Dhahran provided that they
carried a letter of recommendation from the Ruler.( 334 >
147. Ahmad had close personal relations with Ibn Saud whom he regarded as
a big brother, and a number of visits were exchanged between them. Abdullah
( 327 ) l.O. to F.O. P.Z. 1841/40 of April 4, 1940 (E 1504/227/25 of 1940).
(328^ 14 T.C.
( 329 ) Tel. from Jedda to F.O. 190 of May 2, 1943 (E 2539/57 /25 of 1943)
( 330 ) No. 12 II, T.C. / / ^ ui 1^;.
( 331 ) P.R.toF.O. 288/14/56 of May 13, 1950 (EA 1905/5 of 1950)
( 332 ) No. 1111, T.C.
( 333 ) No. 13 II, T.C.
( 334 ) Kuwait to F.O. Despatch 7 of January 25,1954 (EA 10325 /1 of 1954)