'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [‎258r] (533/636)

registration of land in the vilayet of iiussorah. iou siiould add
that, in view of thoir obligations towards the bhaiiUi, they
cannot allow tile status quo on the ,.>hatt-el-Arab to be altered
to his detriment, and you should express the hope that a satis
factory An East India Company trading post. arrangement will be arrived at with the ohalJch, who
has displayed anxiety to live on good terms with his neighbours
and has shown, throughout recent e/ents, great self-restraint
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and patience, in marked contrast - as .uia iajesty’s Government
observe with regret - with the attitude of the Turkish authori
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These occurrences, which individually have been the sxxa cause
of painful surprise to ilia Majesty's Government, have produced,
in their cumulative effect, an unfavourable impression as to the
present attitude of the local Ottoman authorities, - an attitude
which appears to be one of hostility and aggression.
^is ..lajeaty's Government cannot believe that this attitude has
the approval of the Central Government, o • is based upon their
specific instructions. X therefoue have kita xcshkue decided to
instruct you to communicate a translation of this despatch to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in order that his excellency
may be fully apprised of the views of Hia Majesty’s government
and of their causes of complaint: in taxing this step your Ex
cellency should explain that his Majesty*s Government nave decided
to maxe friendly representations, believing that the Ottoman
Government will redress the grievances referred to, for a situa
tion of very considerably gravity would of course arise if they
proved to be the result of deliberate and unfriendly policy.
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