"ملف ١/٥ I الرسوبيات النفطية والمعدنية في أراضي الكويت: عمليات المسح" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٢١٦/٢٣)

OFFICE NOTE.
(for Ufa© of Geoio^ltst deputed by Government to
vibit Kuwait for investigation).
1. Pleabe read the file regarding a water-burply
for Kuwait and iry notes thereon fop your information, i
2. I underbtand that Government may also require
that you should utilize the opportunity^ (under cover
of prospecting fop possible bites fop Artesian wells)-I
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to investigate the geology of the neighbourhood with a
view to ascertaining its mineral resources and possible
oil-fields .
• Any such investigation will have to be carried
ou with the greatest care to avoid raising suspicion
in he ^heikh^ mind and on no account must such re-
-sources or possibilities be discussed with any ne in
Kuwait 9 European or native • Every item of news, sus-
-ricion or rumour invariably reaches the Sheikh’s ears,
and the effect of arousing the $.lightest suspicion in
the "heikh’s mind that y^u have come to Kuwait with
a 7 y other than the sole object of helping in a water-
-supply scheme , will have the roost detrimental effect
upon all our relations with the Sheikh . There are a
number of other projects o n the l tapis / already , to whict
he fcei h has so far given a ro^re op less ready accdl-
-escence and I am concerned lest the slightest suspic-
-io n of your movements should wreck all these embryo
schemes. The water-sup. ly shheroe has been received xdtli
gratitude and much favour by *he whole place so that
any doub+ as to our’bona fides’ in investigating its
possibilities would have a most prejudicial effect . A
The townspeople , and the sheikh fo P that matter are
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e <*ra r rdinarily ignorant and consequently exceedingly
° f n?n * lv ®* 9 * m*t be remembered when