"الملف 53/54 V (D 129) حصار الكويت" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٦] (٣٨٤/٣٣٣)

Telegram s#
From Political Kesktent, Busnire, on s.s.Bamora, at
Kuwait •
10 Majesty's Secretary of State lor India,
London.
Repeated His Majesty^ Minister, Jedda»
Copy by post to Oovernment of India, Foreign and Political
Department, .aew Delni#
^ w H " Political Agent, Kuwait.
No, T/28.
Dated tne 6tn April, 1957«
1^?
Jedda telegram to foreign Of rice j\io.2b of 51st
March* P j /y
Position is tnat Saudi (iovernment vide paragrapn 5
of my Express letter ^0.903-3 oi 18tn Decanber 1936 nave put
lorward definite proposals lor a Trade Agreement, wnicn nave
been accepted by tne dnaiicn witn only one important exception
ioe 0 MUSABILAH, for tne ciaecKing of wnicn Snaiicn is willing
to accept personal responsibility.
2c Tnis being so it seems to me tnat aaudi Cxovernment
in order to avoid puttir^ tnemselves in tne objectionable
position of refusing to accept our perfectly reasonable
proposal for a trial run of a few montns are deliberately
manufacturing excuses. BON VOISINAGrE and EXTRADITION vide
/ nt
paragraph 7 of Yusuf Tasini letter of 17th August 1936 were
merely suggested for consideration after tne Trade Agreement
had come into force and were not included in tne terms of
that Agreement.
3, I venture to suggest tnat tne time nas now ccme for
a categorical reply to be extracted from tne Saudi trovernment
whetner tney are or are not prepared to accept witnout any;
furtner delay an agreement on tne lines of my jtXpresa letter
quoted /