'File 10/13 A.P.O.C. - Miscellaneous' [‎55r] (115/182)

{r i It is presumed that the Company will ensure
that no danger to navigation will be involve I by
the occupation and development of areas of the
sea-bed outside the three mile line# We sho-ldf
however» be glad if the Company woald let us have
a chart showing their pro, osed claim as soon as
they have finally settled it, in order that this
point may be checked. e should# moreover,
expect the Company, before beginning operations
on what we consider to be high seas, or in the
neighbourhood of the 3hatt-el-Arab, to consult
with us and make all provision which we may
consider necessary for the Safety of navigation
and the protection of any pre-existing rights of
His Majesty's Government or the Arab States, ami
for the prevention of oil pollution. These are
matters which will need de ailed consideration
at a later sta ;e.
(\i) Outside the twelve mile line the osition as
regards the acquisitio l of rights is as explained
above, i.e. similar to that outside the three mile
line. It ^vould hardly be desirable for the Com any
to include areas outside that line within their
100,000 square miles area, and in any case I gather
from what was said at the meeting that the Com any
have no intention of doin : so.
^uestio< (iiii.
6. ve should have no objection to the Company drawing
their boundary close to - though we shoald prefer that it
did not actually coincide with - the line dividing Iranian
j rom Iraqi territorial waters as Hie Majesty's Qovera ent
conceive the line should most fairly be drawn # i.e. the
locus/