"ملف ٩/٤ I العلاقات الأنجلو-كويتية" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٦] (٤٣٦/٣٤٠)

C0N7IDIiNTlAL.
No. G-
POLIT ICaL a G2NCY,
KUWAIT.
The 5th January 1956.
?rom
Captain G.c.cie Gaury, 1,1.0.,
Political Agent, Kuwait;
To
The Hon T blQ the Political Resident
in the Persic.n Gulf, 3U5HIR1K
Custoras duty on gooes iraported by British
Bubjects into iCuv/ait.
air,
With reference to your letter No.c/269 of the
4 th December, 19 56, on the above subject, I have the honour
to say that X ha ve made independent enquiries into the natter
2. .hile there have been some ccses in which duty
has been charged to British subjects in excess of what is
permissible under the Nhaikh’s treaty obligations vis a vis
Tis Majesty’s Government, in others correct amounts have
been charged. I therefore conclude that any such overcharge
of duty may have been more due to lack of liaison between
the shaikh's Customs Office and his secretariat than anything
else. The amount involved is very small and no one has
pressed for a refund.
it will be recalled that a similar lack of
efficient coordination among His .Excellency’s officials
resulted some time back in the payment of duty by Imperial
Airways on their supplies of Petrol ana Oil, which should
have been allowed to enter here free of auty uncer the terms
of the Civil Air Agreement. The error was rectified as soon
q£ was brought to the notice oi the Bhaikli, who readily
ordered his Customs Director not only to allow all Imperial
. irways supplies to enter j. ree in future but i Iso to