'File 10/1 XI Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎126r] (268/494)

E BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED
Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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Thank you tor your letter of the 11th
I an not sure that the
of malting an aerial nhotogra-ph of
*s position in tails «hole matter
is clear to you. Sorae time
ping to the Bahrein Govormaemt as a rapid
and eeonoiiic means for them to eaiplete a suinrey of the Island which had
been conmanced on the ground mm®time before. " Mle the possibility
of making such a map was taken up with the Royal Mr Force as a result
of this suggestion, our personal interest must be considered quite
secondary as our need for such a map is not great, certainly much less
than the Government's. Since the Job is really being done for the
Govern lent and they .'ill pay for it, with the Company assisting by par
ticipating in the payment to some extent, said since the map must be
of sufficient size to meet the Governments requirements before it can
be of much use to either of us, it seems that the decision as to scale,
method used, etc., must rest with them. I discussed this with Colonel
Loch last evening end ho ho es to go over it with ir. 13elgrave today ana
will then write you their contdwsions.
There are a few points on ^lich I should like additional infor
mation hov/ever. Your letter mentions "photographs." It is your plan,
is it not, to deliver to the Bahrein Oovemraent and to us one complete
mosaic each, matched and copied? A more file of individual prints Bould
be of little use to either them or us I am afraid, '••ill it be possible
to obtain additional mosaics and individual contact prints if they are de
sired? Will the pictures be actually taken at the scale selected by
Colonel Loch and Mr. Bel grave or v /ill the prints be enlarged up to that
scale from a smeller negative, thus losing sorae of the detail-
I note your reference to the carrying out of this work about the
end of this month. 'ihere are so many uncertainties about it v /hich have
not been discussed between any of us that I era somewhat alarmed over the
prospect of this work being done before all these points have been thresLed
out with the attendant possibility that the results might not satisfy the
requirements of all concerned. Mr. Belgrave has very definite ideas as
to the use to which he wish®# to put the resulting sap or maps and, because
of that, he my have in mind some quite definite specifications. would
it not be desirable to have a complete discussion or at least an exchange
of correspondence giving complete details or, on your side, vSiat you ai.'e
equipped to do, and, on his, what he requires? It would seen to me that
such an exchange of views would not only be helpful but almost essential to