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QSA*2/7445 (contd.)
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5. Your Secret letter No. C/S-46 dated 30th April 1949
addrejssjed to H.E. The Ruler of Qatar states that the division
or the sea-bed, between Bahrain and Qatar, was finally decided
by His Majesty's Government and conrnrunicated to H.E. in vour
letter c/1227 of the 23rd December 1947.
In this letter it is stated that with the exception of the
Hawar Group and the areas of the Dibal and Jaradeh shoals. His
Majesty s Government will, in future, regard all the sea-bed
0f the median as be i n g the sovereignty
of the Ruler of Qatar. & J
In these circumstances the presence of a seismic party
sponsored by the Bahrein Petroleum Co., Ltd., and working in Qatar
waters and obtaining information of the sea-bed, which is under
the sovereignty of the Ruler of Qatar, would appear somewhat in-
ethical especially as the sea-bed in question is claimed as part
of the Concession area covered by the Qatar Oil Agreement.
. .l e would therefore be grateful if you would issue instructions
for this survey to cease functioning in the seas east of the median
line and in Qatar Territorial Waters.
c.c. qcb.l
bhl/acm
Yours faithfully.
For & on behalf of
DEVELOPMENT (QATAR) LIMITED
AGER
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