مجموعة ٣٠ /١١٠(٢) "النفط: امتيازات النفط على الساحل المتصالح. مفاوضات مع الشيوخ. اتفاقية رأس الخيمة. أبوظبي." [و‎‎٩‎٥] (٩١٧/١٨٩)

PZ 1756/38.
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THIS
agreement
ft.
fj.,
nine hundred and thirty eight is made
dated the[twenty fifth day
of March J One thousand
BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY^
GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (hereinafter called "His Majesty^
Government") of the one part and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED (herein
after called the Company" which expression shall where the context so
admits be deemed to include its successors anc^/or assignees and shall also
be deemed to include any subsidiary Company) of the other part.
W H E R E A S Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd. is a
Subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions Limited.
A. N D WHEREAS in the event of the Company obtaining a concession
from the Sheikh of|_Ras al KhaimahJ(hereinafter called "the Sheikh")
certain responsibilities will devolve on His Majesty^ Government, the
Company has agreed with His Majesty T s Government as follows j-
Petroleum Concessions Limited and any subsidiary company shall be
and remain a British company registered in Great Britain and having its
principal place of business in Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at
all times be a British subject.
THE Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh shall not be
transferred to any other company without the prior consent in writing of
nis Majesty f s Government, and any other company to which that agreement
may be transferred shall be and remain a British company registered in
Great Britain and having its principal place of business in Great Britain,
and its Chairman shall at all times be a British subject.
THE employees of the Company infRas al KhaimahJ shall at all times be
subjects or subjects of the Sheikh, provided that, with the
consent of His Majesty's Government, such persons of other nationality
as are required for the efficient carrying on of the undertaking may be
employed.
NOTWITHSTANDI:,G anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native labour shall be
subject to the approval of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
THE Company in all except unimportant or routine matters shall deal
with theLRas al KhaimahjAuthorities through a Chief Local Representative
^he Persian Gulf, who shall be a British subject. The approval of
mis Majesty's Government shall be required for the person so designated.
He will be ordinarily resident in/Ras al Khaimah] or Bahrein and will be
responsible for the Company's local relations with thejRas al KhaimahJ
authorities, which shall, except in routine or unimportant matters, be
conducted through the political representative of His Majesty's Govern
ment in Bahrein or through any other person whom the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf may from time to time designate.
SumJECi to the terms of the Agreement between the Company and the
Sheikh the Company undertakes at all times to pay due deference to the
wishes oi the Sheiidi and to the advice of the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf and of the Political Officers subordinate to him.
AN5T right given to the Company under its agreement with the Sheikh
bo utilise means of transportation by air shall be subject to any general
regulations for civil aircraft made by the Sheikh on the advice of His
Majesty's Government, and to any instructions which may be issued by the
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh the Company shall not have the right to use or
occupy, and shall not include in the areas to be acquired or utilised for
the purposes of its operations, any sites which may have been selected
by or on behalf of the Sheikh or His Majesty's Government for defence
purposes, for aerodromes, aeroplane or seaplane bases or for wireless and