"الملف 82/1 III (‏ F 64) تراخيص التنقيب للكويت والبحرين ونجد والساحل المتصالح وعمان" [و‎‎١‎٩‎١] (٦٥١/٣٩٦)

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IVJOHAMMERAH.
P ersian G ulf.
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My dear Colonel Pricleaux
I thanl- 3^ou for your letter D.O. IIo. 24/s of the 3 r ^
of reVmary, written on your return from a tour round the
G-ulf.
My letter to you, ITo. 1159 i n ~"tant, v. T ill
have indicated to you that I was under a misapprehension when
writing you on the JOth ultimo. I now find that ay london
office forwarded me an extract from Colonial Office letter l r o.
27441/23 of the 22na of June, 1923, to them.
It is satisfactory to learn that you are of the
opinion t\at v 'e need not regard Sheikh Hamad 's reluctance to
open negotiations with the Company too seriously, and I can
only hope that he may he induced to pay us his promised visit
very early in March; failing the opportunit: of this visit I
do not see how we can hope to conclude negotiations with him
"before the "Jlst of March.
Mackie has now returned from his visit to Bali rain and
in his last interview with SheiMi Hamad on the 23rd of January
he states that the latter discussed the question of a conces
sion with him much more openly than he had done hitherto.
Sheikh Hamad's attitude to Mackie nas that, although his father
had civen Eolmes a promise of a concession shortly "before his
deposition, he would personally prefer the Company to ^et the
concession] hut that he did not feel himself to he in a posi
tion at the moment to go hack on "Lis father's act.. Sheikh
Hamad admitted that he was much struck with Holmes' inactivity
in connection with the Eassa Concession; this in spite of the
promise he had given to Ihn Saud in the summer that he and his