"ملف ٧/٦ I مهبط الكويت" [و‎‎٧‎٠] (٥٢٤/١٤٤)

BY AIR MA.IL
CONFT WmiAL
POLITICAL AGENCY
No* Ct120
KUWAIT
Dated the 4th April 1934,
Prom
Lt.-Colonel H.R.F. Dick son, C.I.3., I^A. ,
Political Agent, Kuwait;
To
The Eon 1 hie the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain
Rental of >huwaikh Property Area (a)
Sir
In continuation of rey telegram No. 118 of 3rd April
19 34, I have the honour to report somewhat fuller on the
question of rental of the Shuwaikh property, as it is diffi
cult to express everything one would like t o say by means of
a cable message.
2. Owing to Hie recent visits of Colonel Ward,and
Mr.Edmonds of the f Iraq foreign Oflice followed by the visits
of the Mutasarrif of Basra and the American Minister, Baghdad
(the second and last of whom stayed in my house) I was obliged
to postpone my discussions with the Shaikh in the matter of
the rent he was prepared to charge for area (a) Shuwaikh , till
the 30th of March and 1st April.
3. Matters were delayed still further by my having to
make a rather important and extended gout ^scme ^bJ miles in
all) on 25th March, when I visited the camps of the large
number of Mutair, Awazim, Aab and Adwan tribes vfco recently
were forced to alter Kuwait territory from Nejd owing, to
couplete lack of grazing in their own country.
4. To revert to the question of renta].: Tt» Shaikfi
at my two interviews with him received me with more than
usual courtesy and consideration, hut shov/ed distinct
reluotanc e