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Agreement between Saudi Arabian Government and A S Onassis to form tanker company with preferential rights to carry Saudi oil; suggestion for similar privilege company to carry Kuwaiti oil, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle S Onassis to the Kuwaiti Abdulla Ali Riza to form a company and obtain concessions from the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Ali Riza's subsequent proposal to potentially form a 'Kuwait tanker company' with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (AIOC) using British tankers (1) Idea of leasing or selling a few tanks to AIOC to prevent a 'harmful' scheme being devised (2) Ali Riza's suggestion that his company might carry 20% of Kuwait oil (3) Discussion of problems ar