'File 5/1 XIV Kuwait Oil Company' [‎158r] (322/570)

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dsted the October, 19?^.
^he Political A^er^t,
Kuwait.
KeTnoreuduin.
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■Rpf e perice your flemi-offieial letter Po.CJ/211,
a?tea the 9th August, 19?7.
*> # Mr. Caroe does rot thiuk that the preset)t
labour situatiou it) Kuwait would justify auy divergence
from the advice of the Bombay Government, vide their
letter * T o. 1 M 1 / 34 /A, dated the 11th June, 1937, copy
sent to you with demi-official letter POh 1438/53/98,
' Vv — / /
dated the 24th July, 1937.
Bven if the operations of the Kuwait Oil
nowv^y increase in intensity, entailing the employment
of large numbers of British Inaians, it seems to him
that the interests of workmen tmaer contract should he
adeauately sare-guarded hy clause 1? of the agreement,
which it is understood has operated satisfactorily in
similar circumstances in Ahwaz. fhe Bombay Government
have themselves put forward grounds for different
treatment in the case of the Bahrain Company. In the
case of Kuwait until such time as it is found that
British Indians suffer from the non-application of
the sot to Kuwait, or there arises a demand for its
application, it is felt that it is not desirable to
Introduce it.
By order,
Gecretery to the Political "Resident
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *