"F-82 82/27 I: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٣] (٧٣٠/٦١٢)

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(c) British director;
(d) Chief Local Representative to be persona g-rato
to and a British subject.
Of these, they would like (a), (b) and (a) to
appear in the concession itself. Mr. Starling suggested
thatwe might provide that the Company should be and renain
a British Company registered in Great Britain, having its
plfe.ce of ousiness in Great Britain and a British
Ggairnan, on the same lines as the I.p.c. Mr.Laithwaite
said that might be possible, but that he thought the
India Office would be content (if this was found to be
and woula ease matters)
sufficiently legally watertight/to cover certain of
these points in an exchange of letters with the Company,
particularly the point about the Chief Local
Representative. It seemed desirable also to provide
that the Sheikh should approve the conditions of transfer.
Mr. Seal said that the Admiralty were anxious that they
should be in a position to acquire or buy the oil
produced in time of war, and he was anxious therefore
that there should be no reassignment to American
interests. Mr. Starling drew attention to the difficulties
of entirely safeguarding the position when we were daling
with an international company such as the I.P.C. Mr.Seal
agreed that it was desirable to make provision that the
consent of the sheikh and approval of the conditions of
assignment should be included. Mr. Warner suggested that
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Me simplest course might be to meet the Company/as
regards transfer to the I.P.C. if that was the point
which they had principally in mind in the first sentence
01 the article and then make provision to safeguard our
Position in the event of any reassignment.
After considerable further discussion it was agreed
that the Company should be Invited to agree to a redraft
of/