'File 39/24 Seabed concession, Qatar' [‎37r] (73/104)

BRITISH RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
BAHRAIN.
C
9th October, 1950
My first Comment on Andrew*s letter to
Pinhey No.C/R-513^of the 30th September about the
Superior Oil Company’s operations in Qatar is
that Jacomb should be supplied at once with copies
of the company’s concession and Political Agreement,
and if you see no objection, I should be grateful
if you could arrange for this to be done.
2. I think it important that correspondence
with the Ruler should be put on proper lines as
soon as possible and at first sight can see no
reason why Garrett should not be appointed as Chief
Local Representative of the company in Qatar for the
purposes of Article 4 of the Political Agreement.
The local Manager should in any case, in my opinion,
pending the appointment of himself or somebody else
as Chief Local Representative, correspond with the
Qatar Government through the Political Officer in
the spirit of Article 4 of the Political Agreement,
and it would seem appropriate that the Political
Officer should forward all correspondence received
to the Adviser unless there are any special reasons
for delivering any communications personally to the
Shaikh. Neither of the matters referred to in
Jacomb’s letter appear to me to be ’’routine oil
husiness” and should have been dealt with in this
manner.
3. Presumably the Company will deal direct
with Saleh al Mani* in all routine oil business if
he is the duly authorised representative of the
Ruler for the purposes of the concession, c.f. Articles
14, 17, 21 and 22 of the Concession.
4. If you agree with my views, I suggest that
subject to the concurrence of the company, we ask
H.M.G. to approve the appointment of Garrett as its
Chief Local Representative, at any rate for the time
being, and that meanwhile, he be asked to conduct
correspondence with the Qatar Government in accordance
with the terms of Article 4 of the Political Agreement.
C.J. Pelly, Esq., O.B.E. ,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
BAHRAIN.
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