'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [‎146r] (306/442)

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way that would deprive the paragraph of some of its value,
He however now raised certain objections to this craft.
(a) He wished to have it amended so as to appear less
harsh, i.e. so as to begin n The Sultan shall have the right
to create monopolies, but in the case of any monopoly
established by him in respect of a trade in which nationals
of His Majesty are at the time engaged ho will compensate
such nat i onals etc. etc,"
(b) He wished to have an assurance that he would be the
final authority to decide what compensation, if any, should
be given. (c) He objected to the inclusion of the last
sentence and said it wa s sufficiently covered by the first
sentence, which, he said, covered both internal and external
trade carried on by British nationals. He was told thao it
was understood that he had hitherto always accepted the
principle of the last sentence, that in our view it was a
quite reasonable as well as a desirable provision in the
Treaty, and that it was designed to cover the case of trade
carried on say between Muscat and India which was not
handled in Muscat by British subjects. Further there was
no undue restriction, if indeed any, on the oultan's
freedom of action, and the clause was one T/hich would be
and has been accepted by several countries. It proved
impossible to overcome the Sultan's objections and finally
he said he was willing to accept oi .tnu.L_ o^e o .ii .-.t oer .tc.nee
(subject to the points (a) and (b) above), or the second
sentence, but not both, or, as an alternative to either,
the formula suggested to him at the fourth meeting, viz..
"Should the Sultan wish to establish any monopoly m his
territory such monopoly will be arranged in such a way
that it will not be detrimental to the trade of nationals
of His Majesty' 1 .
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