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ABADAN,
PERSIAN GULF.
PATED
6th January% 1934,
My dear Fowle,
Ghisholm has now reported to me the results of
his conversations with you in Bushire on the Qatar situation.
I hope that the details which he was able to give you were
useful, and I am most grateful to you for your advice and
assistance. If I haa realised how long the irail steamer was
stopping in Mohammerah on Thursday I would have taken the
opportunity of meeting you myself, but as it was, and as there
was then no fresh news from my London principals I did not
come over from Abadan.
Actually I received their telegram later in the
same morning. They are not prepared to accept the Shaikh's
aemana for Rs.500, X-O/- annually plus royalty after four years.
Eri + u 111 v: ^ ew 01 Kamazan at this end ana discussions pending
with H.M.G. at that end, they consider that local negotiations
are Dest^ept suspended for the moment. This seems to fit in
y ^ lth your view ? as expressed to Chisholm, that any action
in atar should not be until after Ramazan.
np . . .. As regards their discussions with H .M .G., my London
state that progress is being made in agreeing and
i necess aiy amendments to our proposals. They also
trp nn " t ' he su 5§ e stion of H.M.G., they are considering
y of mak:in S a main agreement v/ith the Shaikh,
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this H#M#G * Possibly you are already au fait with
mentioned above! 0 WhlCh 1 kn0W aS yet n0 m0re than 1 have
It seems to me that now that we know
(a) that we are not going to accept the Shaikh's "October demards 1
(^) that H.M.G's discussions with us in London have reached such
an interesting condition
t would be extremely valuable for London to receive your