"F-82 82/27 I: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٩] (٧٣٠/٦٢٤)

the A.P.O.C. They had reason to believe that the
Standard Oil Company of California, a purely itaerican
Company who had already obtained a footing in the Gulf
at Bahrein and at Hasa, were also interested in Qatar.
The Sheikh of Qatar had entered into an agreement with
the A.P.O.C. expiring in August 1934 during the currency
of which the A.P.O.C. had the right to apply for concession
giving them sole rights to work oil in Qatar and the
Sheikh had undertaken not to consider the grant of an
oil concession to anyone other than the A.P.O.C. This
would not prevent the Standard Oil Company of
California from making suggestions to the Sheikh
meanwhile and thus making things difficult for the
A.P.O.C. in their negotiations. Those negotiations
had proceeded some distance this autumn, and
Mr.Chisholm, the A.P.O.C. representative, had returned
home to report progress in November.- The Sheikh had,
however, now suddenly and quite spontaneously intimated
that he wished to see the A.P.O.C. representative by
the 14th of this month for the purpose of further
discussion and Mr.Chisholm was already on his way out
to Qatar by air with a revised draft concession. The
Political Piesident would, of course, be consulted
regarding the terms of the concession but the A.P.O.C.
were anxious if possible to avoid the delay which would
result if the Political Resident had to refer home for
instructions on every point which might arise during
the negotiations• Mr.Praser suggested that a great
deal of time might be saved if H.KUG. would consent to
give their blessing in advance to the general terms of
the revised concession subject to any reasonable
modifications which they might desire to make, and which
could be the subject of infomial discussion here, praser