'الملف 10/3 IV الامتياز النفطي بقطر' [و‎‎١‎١‎٧] (٥٣٤/٢٦٤)

of territorial ntatuB and "boundariea of certain territories
and sphere o^ influence in lantern Arabia and in reply have
been furnished "by His ? r Rjeety*a Government with c»pien of ^
Anglo-'"urkieh Convention8 of -Tiily 29th 1913 and March 9th
l914o "Vou should attach conies of these Conventions for
information of ^audi Oovprn^ent explaining that that o^
March 9th 1914 was ratified a^ mbli ahed, The note
ahould continue on lines of paragraph 3 of my despatch
No # l??5 to %!gora makinp it clear that Hia ^a.iesty's r ?overn-
went regard ^'Plue Line" laid down by Article 11 of 1913
Convention and define# and adopted in Article 3 of ratified
Convention of 1913 as remaining operative. You mav
accompany this communication with any oral explanations
you consider necessary bearing In mind f hat consideratlone
urged in paragraph 6 of my despatch No.l^fj ^o Angora.
Vs
4 e Keanw^ile in o^der farther to ruard arains +
danger emphasised in paragraph f? of vour telegram , 'Oo4 , 7 of
Standard Oil Company of California extending + heir aerial
survey work to eas+ of ^Blue Line" United States 'Embassy
London are being info^ed that (with reference to corres
pondence with them regarding journey and activities of
aeroplane which Btandard Oil Company of California have
sent out to TIABA Coas*) that I r l 8 Hajesty^o Government think
it well to make it clear that they regard Eastern Boundary
between Ibn Hmid's dominion as fixed by "Blue T .ine rt and
could not a*rree *o Standard Oil Company's aeroplane flying
over, or to Company's extending its operation or survey work
in any other manner to territory to eas^ of that line 0
5, After COT^unication has been addressed to
^audi Government on above lines but before flaudi Government
have/