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46 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE ARABIAN GULF STATES
conferred on the British Government jurisdiction over British subjects
and foreigners residing in Kuwait.1
There is no doubt that consequent to the express termination in
1961 of the principal Agreement of 1899, all the above-mentioned
undertakings and engagements of the Shaikhdom have become null
and void.2
1 See above, p. 22.
2 However, as a precautionary measure, the abrogation of these subsidiary
undertakings and engagements, including those relating to the exploitation of
natural resources, was formally achieved in 1962, by virtue of exchange of letters
between the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in
Kuwait.