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Request by Ruler of Kuwait for revision of basis of calculation of Kuwait Oil Company's revenue payments to him, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Mr Southwell of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited (KOC) regarding talks about increases to oil prices between the Governments of Iraq and Saudi Arabia and their respective oil companies (1, 8) Hopes of the KOC to drill a well 15 miles from the not-yet-demarcated border of Kuwait and Iraq, allegations that the Basra Oil Company (BOC) are digging 11 miles from the frontier, and the potential effect of both on the prospect of reaching an agreement (2) Conversation wi