"ملف 39/4 (10/4) أنشطة النقابة الشرقية والعامة المحدودة في قطر" [و‎‎٣] (٣٢/٥)

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British. Residenoy & Con.nul&te-General,
Bushire, the lith June 1932*
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1 hare the honour to report that one Husain
Yateem, an employee of :iaj or Holmes» recently visited
Datar* and that his visit excited considerable interest.
The Political Agent ascertained that he had been sent to
sound the Shaiich regarding an oil concession. He informed
the Shaikh that it was known that the source of the oil
now being found in Bahrain arose somewhere in Boha and
asked the Shaikh if he would be prepared to grant a
concession* The Shaikh replied that he would not consider
any application which the British Government did not
support, and that if they wished to apply for a concession
they should do so through the British authorities*
Captain Prior informs me that Husain Yateem is a young
man who was educated under Major HolIaes , auspices in
Brighton, and is a nephew of Muhammad Yateem, who is
employed by Major Holmes as a go-between in Kuwait.
2. This is not the first occasion on which the
Eastern and General Syndicate have attempted to obtain a
concession in $atar. In 1923 they sought the Resident’s
permission to approach the Hhaikh for a concession and the
request was referred to His Majesty’s Government, who
considered that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company then had
prior claim, and on the 4th April informed them to that
efiect,
His Majesty’s Secretary of State
for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
London.