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Is not th® most southerly point of the Duh&t as oalwa.
I^agree that this point is suitable, and from it the
line should run in a general northerly direction dividing
the ruhnfc into two equal parts until the line joins the
line dividing the daudi Arabian Qatar and Bahrain sea-bed*
This will be outside territorial waters*
3. as regards the Hawar *group 1 and the delimiting
line In that area: the actual Islands, as I have stated
in paragraph 3 above, were not individually considered at
the time Hawar was allotted to Bahrain, vide Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. letter
. j/266-1 *a/ 29 dated the 32nd April. 1939* but were assumed
to foru a group "and so went to Bahrain together >/d th Hawar
island* The Bahrain Government have submitted, at least
three conflicting statements of the composition of the
* group 1 • in August, 1937, it was stated that there were
nine islands in the 'Hawar archipelago, in 1938 their list
included Hawar and 16 islands or groups of islets, and
in 1946 the list comprised Hawar and 17.
9. .rhe I93B list was submitted in connection with the
Hawar arbitration, and x propose to take that as their con
sidered claim, particularly as no explanations have ever
been given for changes, the names of Island or group of
islets and the numbers of the beacons are as follows:-
1. South S&wad (yawad - Black)
2. hi Wakara (1) (Hawk’s stand.)
•3. -do- (2)
4. -do- (3)
5. Bu Sedad rocks, four rocks.
6 . Bu Saada islands - four small islands*
7.
8 . ’
9* «
10 . AX H&hs&oura.
11 * north SawadU
12. Al Hajiat (the female
Hajis) - two Islands
13*
14. Ajaira.
(the widow)
15* Babadh*
16* Al Ka* turadh
(the intervener).
10* The Oil Companies* conception of Hawar and its
♦group* differs in the documents I have been able to trace*
For instance, in the draft of the proposed Hawar Lease of
1939 Hawar is said to comprise 14 islands, they are not
named, but it also includes the territorial waters to the
west of Hawar Island. In the draft leases of 1938 and 1939
map co-ordinates are used but they do not help for they show
the area in general only.
11* The Shaikh of Qatar told me that there were 19
Islands In the group, but I can find nothing in writing
to that effect, borixaer did not know of a »group*, and
only mentions in the area individually* it will be
seen how vague the conception of the group is, and also how
it lias increased in size with the growing importance of the
area.
12. Despite vagueness about the detailed composition
/of