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Telegram (0).
Frocj Highcoma, Baghdad.
Political, Kuwait.
No. 92.
Dated 4th H&rch 19^9.
Your No. 119. Please request the Shai^di to take all »i»s.xiJs
possible steps to recover the sheep looted from the Banl
Malik tribe yesterday, reminding him of the action taken by
the ’Iraq Government in 19«*6 to recover the Kuwait camels
looted by the Sharnmar under Shi brum bin Jibhan.
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Letter No.122 dated 4th March 1929 from P.A., Kuwait, to
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HpEt Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah, Ruler of Kuwat
After compliments.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I have
received an urgent telegram from H,E, the High Commisslonei
for 'Iraq,in which he asks me to request Y.S. to take all
possible steps to recover the sheep plundered from the
sKhisran yesterday, and to remind Y.E. of the assistance
given to you by the 'Ulraq Government in U45 in recovering
the Kuwait camels plundered by the Shammar under Shibrum
bin Jibhan.
Usual ending.
'elegrara (G).
'rom Political, Kuwait.
’o Highcoaa, Baghdad.
Io. 123.
)ated 4th March 19^9*
rour No.92. X urcea the Shsikh yesterday mornlne, Sunday,
,o do anything he possibly could to help the 'Iraq tribee-
asn and sugsested his sending out a force in c a rs as he
lid last year,but he said the ratders «ere too strong to
ihinlc of attacking.He said that beyond sending out car
patrols to watch them & if necessary Indicate their where
abouts to aircraft he was powerless to help auch as he
would like to. I have conveyed your message to him out
ioubt If he could do anything now in any case,as sheep
are presumably outside Kuwait territory before this.