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CQNFID :NTIAL.
D.O.No. C-216.
POLITICAL AG 2 KCT f
KUWAIT.
Dated the 21st June 1934*
Subject:- Mooring ! 3uoys for seaplanes in Kuwait
harbour and reservation of the Shuwaikh
area.
Dear Colonel Towle,
Please refer to your D.O.Ho.514—S f dated the 2nd
June 1934 to Dickson. y%
2. As the Shaikh had apparently dropped his "face
savingscheme - vide this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Express Letter , o.0-203
dated the 31st May 1934 - and you mentioned to me in Bushire
that you agreed with Dickson’s view that the acceptance
by the Shaikh of the Political Agreement ipso facto had
settled the question of the Chief Local Representative,
Dickson and I considered we would be justified in approach
ing the Shaikh on the points raised in your D.O. quoted above.
3 . ♦ I was unable unfortunately to be present at the
interview as an Arab dinner I had to attend the night before
had completely bowled me over. Dickson therefore went alone
and I enclose the notes he wrote of his discussion with the
Shaikh.
4 . As regards point "A": The conditions laid down by
the Shaikh seem reasonable. If you approve and the *.A.F.
agree I could get the Shaikh's formal sanction by an exchange
of letters. On obtaining the Shaikh’s letter I could, if
you see no objection, then reply to Cunningham's D.O. to
Dickson No.S.108X5/4 of 22nd May, of which a copy was sent
you, and ask him to send down an officer to select the sites.
5 . As regards point "B": In 2 years the R.A.P. ought
to be able to decide whether they will want site "A" or not
and I think therefore the Shaikh's condition might be accepted
Yours sincerely,
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be Hon’ble Lt.-Colonel T.C.Fowle, C.B.E.,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
BUSHIRS.