'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎90r] (194/476)

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Mr Ballantyne said tiiat lie did desite in fact
to deal with them separately and had reooiaiaended to the
Company in Usuii'raficisco that they should keep the
application for tne prospecting licence in the forefront
for the moment and tnat they should separately consider
and determine witnin tne period of six weeiss set out in
Vw-Oi u & j- 1 ■
our letter of Ist August wnetiier to asii for tne
additional area# ne wouxd telegraph to Major Holmes
tomorrow on these lines.
1 suggested tnat he-should add to tne letter
which i understood he was already going to send me on
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the point discussed above, tnat the Company desired to
renew forthwith their application £)r an extension of the
prospecting licence aiid tnat they would, within th<s
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period of six weeics specified in our letter of Ist
August, consider wnether to asic^ if so, ma^e an offer,
for an additional area in Bahrain, ne said he would do tnis
i will send you copies of iiallantyne•s letter as
soon as i receive it. would you consider
in tne meantime whetner it would not be desirable,
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in view of tne fact tnat tne Anglo-persian oil Company
have now come into tne field and tnat it is desirable
to ao anything we can to facilitate tneit activities
(consistently, of course, with out aindertakings to the
American interestsj to require as a condition of any
extension of the prospecting livence the selection of
areas unde;fc that licence* it is true tnat we failed
to maiie tnis requirement on tne grant of the original
prospecting licence and that we decided not to press
it at tne next stage. The conditions have rather
changed since then and i am not sure that it would not
be wortn while to press the pibint.
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J.G.L. *■
0. Starling, Esq.,
Petroleum Department,
Dean Stanley street, S.W. 1.