ملف 10/5 I المملكة العربية السعودية: امتياز نفط الأحساء؛ زيارة المُقدم هولمز إلى المملكة العربية السعودية؛ حصار الكويت. [و‎‎١‎٧‎٢] (٤٩٦/٣٨٠)

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Your Exce lienor
On the End Marsh a member of Your
Ezcellenoy 's Btaff & called at this Depai 'tment and referred
to the question of the aircraft which the California
Arabian Standard Oil Company are about to employ for survey
work in connexion with their oil ooneession in Saudi Arabia*
and ^lioh formed the subject of my note of 16th February.
He explained-that the Company were anxious that this aircraft
should be able p after its arrival on the Haea eoast, to fly
to Bahrain in cases of urgent necessity, either in order to
take to the United State Ission Hospital in Bahrain -any
injured or sick employees of the Company who may need urgent
treatment and cannot be treated locally # or in order that
any major repairs which the aircraft itself may require may
be carried out at the workshops of the Bahrein Petroleum
Company in that Island® The United States Government wiehad
to knov? whether a general permission could be granted to
this Company for emergency flights of this nature«
2a fh® Bahrain GrOTermnent have been consulted
through the British authorities concerned and I am glad to
be able to inform you that the aircraft will be allowed to •
fly tc Bahrain in the special cases of urgent necessity
referred to afeow© It will be necessary^ however^ for such
visits to be notified to the Bahrain Government through the
British Political Agent on each occasion in advance* and
the permission \Till be subject to the understanding that
they
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Honourable
Bobert Yh Bingham
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