'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [‎49r] (112/442)

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..Muscat Treaty.
Note of third meeting y /ith His Highness the Sultan,
7th April.
Present His Highness, Sir T.Fowle, and Mr.Gibson.
It was suggested, and His Highness agreed, that the
most convenient plan to those concerned for the conduct of
the discussion after the 11th April would be for His Highness
to go to Paris, as arranged, on the 12th April, spend a week
there and return to London on the 19th or 20th April. Sir T.
Fowls said he would in the circumstances postpone his
departure until the 27th April.
The draft Treaty previously left with His Highness was
then taken up and the following Articles were discussed:
A rt.1; (i) For the final words His.Highness said he
definitely preferred "Oman and its Dependencies", omitting
the reference to Muscat.
(ii) His Highness took strong exception to the
inclusion in the definition of "British protected persons"
for the purposes of the Treaty of the natives of the
territories in Arabia under His Majesty's protection,
particularly the natives of Koweit, Bahrein, Qatar, the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the Aden Protectorate. About Palestine
he was not sure." He felt that it would be inconsistent
with his position as an independent Arab Ruler if the Arabs
of the neighbouring territories were withdrawn from his
jurisdiction. He was not satisfied with the explanation
that His Majesty's Government were bound to give to the
natives of the territories named above the same protection
in foreign countries as would be given to British subjects.
As regards corporate bodies His Highness was told that
this definition was common form and was essential in a
commercial treaty. Despite the explanations given he still
wished/