"الملف 82/1 III (‏ F 64) تراخيص التنقيب للكويت والبحرين ونجد والساحل المتصالح وعمان" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٦٥١/٤٢)

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^nglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
Mohammerah.
MO.Ul.
GUM JP IDi^MT I Axt# ^a0rah t
Tke 23rd January, 1925,
My dear blr,
Ji mm in reoeipt of your confidential latter ^0,7521 of
the l8th Instant.
1 took an opportunity to see Abdul i^atlf xasha al mandl]
this morning and mentioned to him, inter alia, that tte negotia
tions between the test em and vieneral with are reported to
hare fallen through, and 1 enquired from him as to what hie
were as to the relations between the ibn baud and Mr«flolJBee«
He informed me that the latter had written to hiis a few days ago,
intimating that he desired to oome down to jsaerah and dlsouss
important matters with him; and farther that mr. nolmee and hie
wife arrived here last night and were putting up with him. ne
had not ee^ii Mr. holmes as yet and oould not say as to what
thoee raatuers were, iie observed that while the agreement between
Mr. aolmee and ibn Saud provided that operations should oomiBnoe
six months a^fter the signature of the agreement, and while over
three months had already passed, jar. holmes did mot appear to
have taken any aotion to start work, and that he did not appear,
to all Intents and purposes, to be bent upon doing so at an early
date f as Abdul i^atif had not seen any engineers or teohniaal
with him. Abdul juatif said that the agreemsnt will
automatloally oease to exist if Mr. holmes failed to start work
oar on the expiry of the tiaB-iiim *.14 owed; that aolmee had
brought a epeoial mot or-oar adapted for work to een dy pi
aoes euoh