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he wrote him a letter dated 4oS.1935 and left again for
Basra without seeing the Shaikh. A few days after, the
Shaikh explained in conversation with me, that the Ottoman
Bank Directorate in Basra had ai qui red from him (through
a certain Mr. Kurkgy) about the possibilities of opening
a Bank at some future date in Kuwait. That he (the Shaikh)
had written and told Mr. KuiKfey, that he thought that the
bank would find it quite worth their while to do so, and
that he had explained that should the bank enentually
decide to open in Kuwait, he (the Shaikh) would be willing
to promise ttoit no other bank should compete with it for
10 to 15 years. This seemed to me harmless, and quite
business like on the part of the Shaikh, so I did not
think it worth EktibE mentioning anything to you until I
saw a further advance on the part of the baik.
6. You will notice that on Mr. Kurkgy^ return to Basra,
the Official Manager of the Bank addressed his letter of
9th April 1935 to the Shaikh and sent copy to me under
his letter of sane date. It was because I thought he was
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then "going a bit fast n that I decided to send-my Printed
Letter Bo.C/102 of 12th April with enclosures.
7. On your Express Letter No. 356-S of 30tll^April
reaching me yesterday I saw the Shaikh and asked if he
would let me have a copy of his letter dated 6th March
to Mr. Kurkgy and he readily agreed to do so. He quite
frankly said that he had nothing to hide at all and that
all he tad told the gentleman was that he wculd be very
pleased to see his bank open provided his principals came
forward in due course and proposed terms. Should he agree
to these and should the bank agree to certain conditions
he himself would put forward, then all would be well.
8. The Shaikh emphasized that the road was open still
for any