مجموعة ٣٠/ ٢٠٧ "نفط البحرين: التغيرات في إنتاج النفط في المصفاة في البحرين ورأس تنورة. مشاكل النقل بالصنادل البحرية وشؤون التوظيف في شركة جراي وماكنزي وشركاهما المحدودة في البحرين والكويت." [و‎‎٣‎١‎٠] (٧٦٧/٦٢١)

‘ei’iain
there Mf cunonj atoTf that tliey are he in,.: forced to
at 'ahrein when there ia no
difficulties be beyond your
work for thc^a* ihould these staff
control or persist tell me what the;
are and reason for them and in what way you-believe we can
help and we here will do all possible to assist in r®iovin
them*
5» I have received your cable and letter IQth July and
menorandura 25>th June anl Iiavc discussed.your proposal regarding
i.iorator:ium with Ii^iia Office who wo'ild sec no objection to
Company infonaing >heikh that owing to oircumstances of the war
they consider themselves released from obligation to continue
drillih; in additional area but they point out that at beginning
of this year Bahrein Government on representation of Company
through Political Agent agx^ced to suspension of exploration in
this area and they doubt whether anything more need be said at
this stage* In my view you should not be drilling at all now
as I understand all drilling operation your area stopped by
Authorities. If you feel any doubt about stopping the work
voluntarily you may rest assured that Military or other param unt
local Authority will if approached give you written orders to
suspend operations.
/* Ucx'efore for various reasons force manure Article 3
>©od 19th Jxmc 1940 automatically operates and so you mipht well
advise kdiroln Govern ont* It follows that if drilling
susx^^Gded all conscciuential concessional obligations arc likewise
suspended and postponed correspondingly* present suspension
obligation by orjeration force ua^or does not warrant your
rogue a ting fixed period of relief namely for a moratorium
extending eno year after* termination war If only for reason that
force ma^eux*© difficult loo may exist beyond that period and in
any event India Office feel that if you can perform our
obligations you should do so. fa ml obligations need not be
considorod because we are all now governed by exigencies of