خارجي ٤٣/٤٢٢٦ "تعويضات للمشيخات العربية عن الخسائر التي تكبدتها بسبب اعتداءات العدو (غرق السفينة س.س. دافو)؛ وغرق مراكب داو شراعية تابعة للكويت وقطر ومسقط (جنوح السفينة "ستار أوف ميكس")" [و‎‎٦‎٥] (١٤٠/١٢٩)

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TEEASUBY CHAMBERS,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.l.
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4th August, 1942,
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Dear Peel,
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I have now taken over Syers*s work at the Treasury
and am accordingly replying to your letter of the 28th July
about compensation in respect of the loss by enemy action
dhows belonging to Koweit and Qatar.
V/e agree that (a) and (b) of paragraph 4 of the
Political Resident’s letter seems correct. As regards (c),
we agree that it would be undesirable to hold out hopes of
reparation which may not be capable of fulfilment. I
myself do not know whether any definite policy on the
question of reparations has been worked out (but Eyres, to
whom I am sending a copy of this letter, may have more
precise information) but in any case I should doubt whether
it would be possible at this stage to say how that policy
would apply to damage in Koweit and Qatar.
Prom the penultimate paragraph of your letter I
take it your view is that any compensation on charitable or
political grounds would be a matter for the Government of
India, and not a charge on the Imperial Exchequer.
You have incidentally, in your letter to me of the
same date (Ext. 2£8l/42), raised the question whether Bahrein
and Koweit may be regarded as covered by the statement of
our post-war intentions in respect of war damage in the
Colonies as set out in my letter to Creasy of the ?th July.
Our first reactions are that it would probably be difficult
to include places like Bahrein and Koweit in the Colonial
Empire for this purpose, but we are looking into the question
and I hope to send you a definite reply in due course.
Yours sincerely,
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R.T. Peel, Esq., C.B.E., M.C.,
India Office.