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THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY, LIMITED
bahrein jscxmh, persian gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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VICE PRESIDENT
31st May, 1950.
Mr. C. J. Pelly,
The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
MiNA.Mil, Bahrein.
Dear Mr. Pelly,
Thank you for your letter No, C/L-200 of 29th
May, 1950 regarding our "Company^ proposal to ask Hunting
Aerosurveys to make an aerial survey of the sea north of
Bu Saafa shoal."
As explained to you over the telephone yesterday,
it is quite evident that there is a misunderstanding
regarding both the nature and the location of the work
proposed.
The nature of the work is simple aerial photography
and not a real aerial survey. Our intention was
(1) - to photograph the sea bed to assist in
selecting a drilling location when the
boundary dispute is settled.
(2) - recording existing structures that have
been built by our Company and others.
The location of the proposed work was not North
of Bu Saafa shoal, but South . The area outlined to you
over the telephone yesterday was as follows
^ a) - Northern boundary - 27° N. Latitude.
b) - Western boundary - 50 o 20 f E. Longitude.
^ c) - Eastern boundary - 50 ol K) f E. Longitude approx.
d) - Southern boundary not fixed but the photographs
would take in part or all of Fasht al Jarim
and might extend southward to cover the
northern part of Bahrein Island.
We consider the area defined above is covered by
the Company^ Concession. We do not consider that the
proposed aerial photography could in any sense be termed
exploration for oil.
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