File 10/5 II Hasa oil: CASOC's activities in Hasa; development of Ras Tannura; Political Agent's visit to Hasa [‎123r] (250/656)

D*0* No. C/44-10/Q
Dated the 19th January 1939
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Will you please refer to Sir Header aullard's letter Ko.
221'' dated the 13th Dec ember 1938 to the Foreign Office, a copy
of which was sent to you with his Printed letter No. 2700/469/13
2# In paragraph 7 there is a reference to a report that the
Hansa Line have been making strenuous efforts to establish them
selves in Bahrain. I am not quite sure what this means, for there
is no information here of their attempting to open an agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. them*,
selves in Bahrain, though admittedly when Wengoborski was here he
did ask Campbell of Gray Mackenzie some questions about launches
and lighters. However he concluded his conversation with Campbell
by saying something to the effect that Gray Mackenzie seemed to
have things pretty well under their control, and I very much doubt
if we shall find the Hansa Line trying to establish an agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of
their own. If they did they would find themselves up against a
good deal of trouble since Gray Mackenzie and Yusuf Fanoo share
a sort of lighterage monopoly and no one else can land stuff from
the steamers*
3. We have still no information here whether Gray Mackenzie
are going to get the v tas Tanura agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , the impediment being the
extravagant demands by the Saudi Government. However I venture to
agree with Sir Reader in thinking that they will get somethin g
sooner or later out of the Saudis.
of the 13th December.
Yours sincerely,
durable Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Trenchard Fowle, K .C.I .B., C.B .a M
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. f
Bushire.