"ملف 10/1 (مجلد III). النفط والمعادن. الامتياز النفطي بالبحرين." [و‎‎٢‎٩] (٤٦٢/٧٠)

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
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D epartment,
EXPRESS LETTER
rJV\J5.—7/^'# is ow OMIGINAL MESSAGE, sent hy post to save
telegraphic expense mid undue use of the wires, but intended
to le treated, on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had
been telegraphed. To save time and formalities it is worded and
signed as if it had been so despatched. 1 ^
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Political Bahrain.
To
Resident Bushire,
No.
0/256-10/1.
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8th. July
Paragraph of Sanal Record of a Meeting (adjourned from
the 26th April) held at the Colonial Office on the 3rd may 1933,to
discuss various questions relating to oil in the Persian Gulf.
It hardly appears that it is within power of Company to
avoid a fixed period being laid down during which their Local
Representative must reside in Bahrain. Article *c* of the Schedule
attached to the Indenture between Shaikh Hamad bin 'isa A1 Khalifah
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and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited dated the 12th June
930 says;-
xhe Bahiain Petroleum Company Limited shall at all
8 J ntain in Bahrain an official to he called the
'Chief Local Representative".... »
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Clearly he must be permanently stationed in Bahrain. though naturally
in practice clause would be interpreted with coramonsense. For example
a short leave in the hot weather.if there was no pressing business,
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