It is likely that a discussion on Kuwait may be . requested soon by the contractors and consultants at the Advisory Council on Overseas Construction (of which our Minister of State is Chairman). I understand also that the directors of Costain's may raise the subject at a lunch with Sir Leslie Rowan in the next few days. Mom (K. E. Mackenzie) P.S. I am very conscious that the drait takes no account of the considerable amount of thought and work devoted to the matter of staff and other arrangements at Kuwait and that much the same ground was gone over about a year ago as is suggested in the memorandum. However, the contractors did not refer to this and as the note is intended mainly to represent their views., I omitted any mention of the activity leading up to Sir Thomas Rapp's visit to Kuwait in June, 1953.
