'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat' [‎187r] (378/594)

5 .
completely unsatisfactory. He said that although ranch of
the territory concerned could probably be written off as
valueless ? some parts appeared to have definite interest
and they must see it all. Up to the present the Company's
efforts to visit certain "interesting" areas through the
medium of the Trucial Sheikhs, had been unsuccessful and the
Company had formed the conclusion that it would probably be
best to leave the Trucial Sheikhs alone for the time being
and to try and operate through Muscat. Mr. Longrigg
mentioned in this connection that he had seen the Sultan
during the latter's recent visit to London and had been told
that in addition to certain parts of Muscat territory, the
Sultan might be able to arrange for a party to reach Baraimi
(which the Sultan claimed belonged to him) through Muscat.
Mr. Lo ngrigg said that this sugge_st iinL^i£iPP ; d to——ELddklf.
promise of getting something donu^i^^
might not be possible fo r ^ 0 v aiJiTiflli-fkS.
,nth the sultan . He. was £ pomi B oaJ^a±JhS.^°l!^
would be consider ed.
5. Sir Trenchard Fowle mentioned that during his recent
, . • j--u t poriman ho had been asked to suggest
conversation wi oh Loi d Cc.anar
j.. -p nv Petroleum Concessions
ji -r> ^ -i +• 1 p -no VS on oO aCo i-OI iruuxua.
the name of a suitable pe-ou
Limited in connection with
;h e forthcoming negotiations at
„ i+ sir T. Fowle said that normally he
would hesitate to give advice, but as the & cent ^ ^
circumstances were somewhat peculiar he was prepared to ao
i i vim -ore Messrs.Longrigg;
The names which occurred co him e, e -1 -
1 . .nfl he said that so far as the local
Lermitto and Packei on ■'
n ,, FOre concerned, all these geneleine
Political aucnorioios tsx
, , thev would DC
-nhlo He also thought tha u Mmy
would be accoptable.
acceptable to the Rulers concerned.
ItOlA OFFICE.
12th April 1938