"الملف 35/86 II A 45 مسقط - المعاهدة التجارية لسنة ١٨٩١ ومراجعة المعاهدة سنة ١٩٢٢" [ظ‎‎٢‎٥‎٦] (٥٧٢/٥٢٠)

ConfIdentlaX *
of 1930«
^olltloal Agency Mid U*i5*l *« Contjuleite
Muuoat 10th Janunry i930«
yrom
fcajor G.»# Murphy# i# ••
^ olitloaX anu oonLui#
MUiiCat#
To
The Hon'ble the ^ oiltloal Hoaicicnt
in the Peraian Oulf
mmim
Sir
'Ylth reference to Fort?lgn and i'olltlc^l licpartuient
letter lio»F.225»V29#d»ted Slot 3 )eceift\>er 1929, toinaai to your
eddrees* 1 hove the? icnour to report an followsS-
|# Article of the Treaty between the United st;tee of
/iinerica and J uscat reado aa followai-
w Veseele of the United Ntatee entering any port within
the Sultan ♦b doalnlone ahull pay no more than B>5 duties on the
cargo landed#eto• etc« H
Similarly Article 10 of the kuactit Treaty with i^rfince
reads ;•
•» iio duty exceeding aYuilX be levied on goods iwported
by French ▼easels into the doalnlone of t^yud ^uoed bin bultan
the Sultan of liuacat, etc* M
Interpreting these articles literally, the Intoreats of .wrlca
and France here to-day any be regarded as nil*
I would however refer you to the French I'lag question*
Until 1920, a list of the surviving flag holders and remaining
Pur vessels entitled to fly the French flag was furnishetl by
the French Conuulote In Uusoat to the British ConsuX* -he last
list furnished shows five owners entitled to fly the r< nch
flag in accordance with Articles 1 and of the u\mrd in
respect of 8 vessels#
Since the closure of the French Consuli te at IUisOfct #