ملف 10/1 VIII امتياز نفط البحرين [و‎‎٢‎٠‎١] (٥٥٥/٤٢٩)

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The ^eatlon jiXJgtealn betwe en Britain .inrt
Few years ago the Persian Govertment brouglit out the
question of tne ownership oi' Bahrain Island claiming that it
is a part of Persia which cannot "be separated from it. The
British Government asked that they should drop their claim
and deliver tne same to them. The President of the Persian
Delegates in the League of Nations referred the matter to the
League of Nations and supported the claim of his Government
with historical proofs. The British Delegate also defended the
case 01 Bahrain. Notes were then exchanged in which each of
them rebutted the contentions of the other and the British
Government stood by their contentions that the Bahrain Islands
are oeing Governed "by their Rulers A1 Khalifah for over 100
years ana that there are treaties between them and those
Amirs according to which they(British) undertook to protect
the principality and defend it and that they cannot fail to do
in accordance with their undertakings. The matter remained as
it is and we heard nothing about it afterwards.
Apparently the production of Oil in Bahrain and the
preparations which the .American Company, wtiich is a branch of
the Standard Oil of California, are making for the early export
of oil has dug out the question again and caused the Persian
Government to reopen their claim. We read in the Persian
papers received today that the Persian Minister for Foreign
Affairs made a statement in the Chamber of Deputies which
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may he summarised as follows
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Early in Aoril 1930 one of the officials of the Persian
oil
Government discovered some new/wells in Bahrain hut previous
to this a British Gompany was given Concession for the product
ion of Oil in Bahrain which "began their work. Bahrain being
part of Persia which cannot be separated from it and. as the
Persian Government have authority over it- it being apit of
the Government oropertyi the Government warned tne British
fiiQxsxKffisjak Company that they should cease their operations foi
the production of oil in Bahrain and have explained to uiiem
that they do not admit the rights granted to them but consider
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