'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [‎182r] (367/576)

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Be recalled the fact that he had then instructed the
.^■ident to inform the 3heikhs of Kuwait and Bahre- n, v ao v. ere
among the rulers referred to, that in view of .he procednre
by which these concessions had been obtained the^ would not be
approved by His Majesty's Government.
6 He informed the Resident that the decision to withhold
ap or oval had been taken in view of the fact tnat y^ a1 ' .
had adopted the proper procedure in approaching tais department
n • . x. ^ v./l 4' ■ ■'r V a mtj « rmt ; • T > f>T). c !, IT. Ci to allow it
to allow
whe th er
in the first instance and tLat he was not propa}\:c»
to suffer by reason of the fact that Major nolmes, ^
deliberately or In ignorance of the prescribed procecrare, nad
vnV-oached the rulers direct, but he made it clear that the
oblection was not based on the character of the 3yndicate
which was both substantial and reputable though not possessing
the wider experience of oil production or efficient organisa
tion of your Company.
7. He went an to say that the ^lulicete had now icr^araed
copied of thoir ooEoaSaiou.. to this .ae^artiaent anct_n8d expiessed
their rsadinaea to make Bueh no-- inioationb as 1.9 f>ar.»u a.j.ect t
and he stated that if they Implwtouiecl this ^ndariinj wia
satisfied hfm of their ability to oarry out t.ie ol ) .Js«cj .on&
impo aad upon them by their oopacasalonG, ho ba 8.^
to* raise objection to their candidature proyxdea your_ company
was i;iven the priority of opportunity to ^hxoh ifca pn.oi
Bp .1-i c a t i on en t i 11 e d it.
8. He therefore instructed the He si dent to info im i-ne -'heiid:*
of -ruwait that the Secretary of State was not prepares to
arc rove the concession granted by the Sheikh to the '-Kast era and
General Syndicate until that ruler had statea m precise te^ms
l-ho Obi eotions. which he had informed Sir A.T. wuam that he had
to the draft cunosaaion submitted on behalf of your Company ana
hed aatisfiod the resident that these oh j ac A otk . wex e v-^d
and had also famiulated on his own behalr conn.or-prop j »1 s
regarding the form of the ooneesslon. Pis Grace addea tuSo
if these counter-proposals when fornulatea were 1101 accepted
bv vour Company he would withdraw his objection bo the
of a oonceaaion to the Eastorn and Ueneral oyndicate provided
its terras were not more favourable to the Company than the
terms refused by your C ompany and provided that the concession
was modified in certain par lieulais.
q in the first instance therefore His Grace instructed the
Resident to coramunicata to your local repreeentaUTe the
revised text of the draft concessian submUbea bj, tae ia^er
and, provided he agreed, to set it before the biiei^h and oall
upon that ruler to formulate his oojeotlons, if any, i-a the_
revised draft. He also authorised the Resident to iroceea m
this matter in consultation with your iooai repieseiittitxv
and to approve on behalf of His Majesty's uavermientohe grant
to your Company of a concessian in these terms providea
alteration in substance had been made hy either party,
10. He instructed the Eesi dent to proceed on similar lines
mutatis mutandis with regard to Bahrein.
with his propo;
G-race desires
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11. Before proceeding to furnish you
regarding the new draft concession His ., , ^
explain that he has had great difficulty in dealing with this
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