"١/١ المجلد I العلاقات الكويتية السعودية" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٢] (٦٠٨/٤٧٤)

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special position, bad been placed on a more satisfactory
tasis, one further question of outstanding importance remains
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for settlement "before His Majesty’s Government can feel that an
entirely satisfactory situation has Peen reached, namely, the
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question of his Plockade of Koweit. The special relations of
His Majesty’s Government toward Koweit and undertakings which
they have given to the Sheikh place His Majesty’s Government
under an obligation to treat it as a matter of serious
importance that the earliest possible consideration should be
given to the Question of the alleviation of the unhappy situation
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in which Ko¥i/eit is placed as a result of the blockade. His
Majesty’s Government must therefore request His Majesty to put
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forward at a very early date concrete proposals for an amicable
and equitable solution, permitting the resumption of trade
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between Koweit and Saudi Arabia.
6 . Should the Question of the Koweiti claims be still
outstanding when such . an approach is made to King Ibn Saud,
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Sir John Simon contemplates that, having jut the matter of tee
Blockade in its proper perspective as a matter of importance
in regard to which His Majesty’s Government are determined to
receive reasonable satisfaction, it .would nou he difficult to
insist that the question of the Koweiti claims should oe
considered concurrently with that of the blockade, and no^
necessarily beforehand, as a prior condition to further
consideration of the cuestion of the blockade as King Ibn
Saud now appears to desire; and this might indeed even make
it possible to use the claims, as originally contemplated,
as some sort of 'bargaining asset.
7. sir John Simon will be glad to receive in due course
the observations of the Secretary of State for the Colonies
upon the course outlined in the three preceding paragraphs of
this letter, and suggests H u ^j j ^^
« I, r^intions between Saudi Arabia and Koweit should
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be discussed with Lieutenant .,._.«
f
ing visit to this country*
q y Qf t ^77gHer is being sent to the India
Office for the observations of the Secretary of State
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