'File 5/1 I Mineral and oil deposits in Kuwait territory: surveys' [‎13r] (25/216)

(Continuation of Note, Precis or Draft.)
working; in Kuwait • The Sheikh will g;ive every
asBistance towardb y<"nr invebtigjationB for v r ater bo
long; ab he hab no reason to think you have
graire to play albo .
The Water s*prly scheire ib dibcuBbed free:
not confidential at all • I have frenuetly
any other
y and ib
dibcusbed
the poBbiblities and likelihood of findirg ^ater near
Kuwait with varionb people 9 including Mr C.F. Shaw 9
an engineer you will find in Try h'use 9 but no one 9
neither Mr shaw nor Try Head Clerk hab any in/lCling
of the posbibility of irineral or Oil depobits in
the near or far neighbourhood , and that buqject Trust
on no account be opened in Kuwait •
It your invebtigations f^*r water can give you an
idea of the other rebources of the neighbourao d f
well and good 9 but I w^uld deprecate any special ef-
- forts to arrive at an estimate of these othsr resourc-
-es 9 at least at the present tiire*
^ . I air sending copies of these notes
for the Residents perusal and T should be
you could see hiir before cowing over to Kuwkit #
y* I do not know vhen you are lively arrive 9
and have written these r tes in case T should be ■bnrt^*'
frorr the ; lace when you do arrive •
T shall >e glad if you can send ire (Jr Condid-
-ential sealed covers) any conclusions at wtich you
arrive after your investigations are concludod .
Bus hi re
rlad if
Kuwait
11th Febry 1913.
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , K
. [C uL ClAa^< tUZsi
UTIaJZm, Cla J t^eu^c vCCcu/ ^7"^ ^
7" UJi uZ CC Iw&U„ hi
fiL /tv u^.
ft 71