"F 83 ملف 82/27-II نفط قطر" [و‎‎٩‎٣] (٦٣٠/٢٠٠)

4./
(O 1 /
...
concessioTi (whatever the nationality of the conoes-
sionaire) must he surrender of jurisdiction on the
lines of KUWAIT and BAHRAIK Orders in Council and
"bringing into force of dormant articles of his treaty.
Compromise on the lines suggested in paragraph 4 of
Fowle f s demi-official of 4th December, No.l869-S, might
V* -wellbe the easiest temporary solution of Jurisdiction
if we were dealing with purely British Oo&pany. But
the international character of the Irag. Petroleum
Company and risk of American competition are strong
arguments for facing surrender of Jurisdiction at once»
Our general feeling is that, despite ohvious difficul
ties, this is juncture at which to put relations
with Qatar on more permanent footing, and that
failure to do so now may involve us in much more
serious difficulties once oil developments commence.
hi
Jl
3. If this view is acc*^ed it would of course
he desirable to handle the matter on the lines least
likely prejudicial to affect Anglo-Persian Oil Company^
negotiations. It might, e.g. he possible to deal
with question on general line that we consider that
time has now come for bringing dormant article^of
Treaty of 1916 into force and that we wish in addition
to reach agreement with him as regards jurisdiction
which to some extent arises out of Article 7 of 1916
Treaty and may in any event become important issue if
oil concession is granted (it seems probable that
understanding regarding jurisdiction ?/ould be
essential condition of our approval to grant by him of
any concession whatever nationality of concessionaire.