مجموعة ٣٠/٨٧(٢) الجزء II "قطر: الامتياز النفطي - عمليات شركة امتيازات النفط المحدودة." [و‎‎٥‎٢] (٦٠٣/١٠٤)

Vi
Translation of letter dased the 12th Rabi IX,
1367 (21.2.’48), from His Excellency the Ruler of
Qatar, to the political Agent, Bahrain,
After c omp 1 iments,
It pleases me to refer to Your Excellency's
es teemed -1 efcers Io s. C/1287 and 0/160 da ted the
23rd December, 1947, and the 4th February* 1948,
respectively, regarding the delimitation of the sea
bed -which Your- Excellency referred to as being shown
on the map forwarded with Your Excellency's letter
of the 23rd December, 1947.
I have perused the contents of the map and
wish to confirm to four Excellency that I am one of
those who are keen on accepting whatever HTET’s
Govei r fjr[erft"'pfopose or ’decide*'aT^'''“hWeY^queslilon the
jUmr'^hd'eqTTTdiBre way of her investigations, her far-
sightedness In (dealing) with matters and the noble
ness of her principles. However, I like to invite
your Excellency’s attention to the correspondence
exchanged some ten years ago on the subject of Huv;ar
(Island) and the clear reprosentaticjem T made regarding
its position ir my letter submitted to His Excellency
the’political Agent, Bahrain, at the time, in which I
expounded ray points of view in regard to this Island
which is a part of Qatar and in which I expressed my
protest against the behaviours of Bahrain Government.
But H.M*'s Goverrimert acted as they wished, and I had
nothing but to submit, reserving ir the meantime to
myself my own rights.
The map you were kind enough to send me shows
clearly that Deebil shoal and Huvar Islands are within
the territory of Qatar. Huwar is directly attached to
the coast of Qatar with a piece of shallow water dis
connecting. which recedes at ebb tide, thus establish
ing access for pedestrians. If this is its natural
position and geographical aspect, how can it be separated
from its motherland Qatar and made the domain of o-her
than its ruler? Xefc as I have mentioned to Your Excel
lency I carrot but exercise patience, being content
with what Your Excellency said that this decision is
liable to alteration at any time ir case more exact
geographical data are forthcoming. 1 This strengthens
in me the hope that H.M.'s Government will reconsider
the matter once again and award a more correct decision
based on geographical data etc.
NS.
Usual ending.