"F-82 82/27 I: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٣] (٧٣٠/٦٣٢)

started on the IVth December, ihe a. P.O.G
representative was flue to arrive m getar on the 14tn
so tnat Ij . the Sheikh really intended, to niake progress
with the negotiations for a concession there would be
very little time to spare.
Mr. Laithwaite said that it was relevant that the
Company's application for a concession in ^atar raised
certain polioi cal issues which coulu not be dis'oosed of
without consultation with India and the Hesident, which
would take time, e.g. the issue of jurisdiction, which
with the Company
the sheikh h&d already raised/ and the bringing into
force of certain dormant articles of trie sheikii 1 s Treaty
kr. praser said the Company had no intention of
agreeing to the exercise of Jurisdiction by the Shaikh
over their employees. Mr. rtenuel suggested that on
this point it might help the A .P.O.C. in their
negotiations in Qatar vis ! -a-vis the standard Oil
Company of California or any other competitor if His
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Majesty's Government were now/point out to the sheikh
that certain conditions as regards jurisdiction over
employees would apply in the case of any concession
which he might grant.
Mr. He am said that the A.P.O.G. understood that tte
Sneikh haa lately asked the political Hesident about the
procedure to he followed if a second Company came along
in search of a concession, which seemed to imply that
there was a real danger of the standard oil Company of
California coming in at Qatar.
. M; • Walton referred to Article 12 of the draft
concession circulated by Mr. Praser which provided for
the transfer of the concession from the A.P.O.C, to
another party and asked what the position was as regards
assignment and what the Company had in mind. Mr.Praser
explained that this provision had been inserted because
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