of a political manoeuvre. If the Kuwait authorities were to come to suspect that the K.0.c. were following such a policy as an alternative to Kuwaitisation, it would surely do the relations of the K.0.c. with the Kuwait administration no good. In any case it would not seem possible for the K.0.c. having Cateur expense datin tuimus) "Arabised", to sit back and say that they had no need therefore to "Kuwaiti-ise." The Kuwaiti authorities quite obviously would not weather that. For this reason the Company would have to"Arabise" now but continue to "Kuwaiti-ise" and as they trained up more Kuwaitis they would have to displace the Arabs in precisely the same way as the Arabs would have displaced the British and I find it difficult to see that a policy of Ja this kind would bere much influence to change for the better the Kuwaiti nationality law. On the contrary it would seem to me to introduce into Kuwati a lot more Arabs who would be more NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN. discontented at the discrimination of the local authorities against them. It seems to us preferable to take this bull by the horns and as and when we can to incalculate into the Ruler and others, by degrees, the idea that the basis of Kuwait nationality should be broadened in the interests of the survival of both the معالم العامه Regime and the State. 4. Despite our own misgivings on this subjoethewoce Shwe Roger Stevens allowed Fraser of the K.0.c. te pead your despatch without any previous comment Hun Siaurtesch wila 7 huis Fraser did not deny that the present policy of the K.O.C. favoured the Kuwaiti-born and said, as we expected, that this was partly because / the
