"ملف ٨٢/٢٧ III (F 84) شركة النفط الأنجلو فارسية أ.ب.و.ك: نفط قطر" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٦] (٦٣٨/٢٤٩)

Saufll Arabia.. It appears to Sir Joha Slmoa that if Kle
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jirajegty'fi aovemnent ¥iere to refrain fyosi ©esietlhg the
Halted rtate© QovarrmenLt in their present enquiry "by drawing
their atteation to theee texts, the United States Qovet*ammt
sight «elX obtain mieXeading information on the either
froia th© Turkish Govomiaent or from King xte ssma f or slight
imagine tlut the situation in this part of Arabia is eompI©t@I^
fluid and Wi^efineda in this event it might well happen
tlnat the ^iremft which the Califomia vrahian standard Oil
Company are employing for their stirvey of th© Hasa oil
concession might embark on mtmnlT® Bur?©^ operations in the
hinterland of Q.at&rp possihl^ penetrating r?en ae far a© t!ie
coast to the eomth-eaet of Qatar p without its "being realised
l5y the Halted stated OovernrM t or the Company that in doing
eo thoy ^ere going heyond ^hat Hie Majosty^a doTernment regard
aa the limit of Ttm Sftud'® dominions j and this aerial
recormaieBance might e^oily he followed hy experiments!
operations on the part of the company in the area west of the
line® It i® hy no Mans certain that Hie l^Jeat^ 5 ©
Government ^ould he informed of such operations in time to
forafctali th©!n«
?o If on the other hand Hi© l^ t 1e^ty f 8 0oi?erament coimmmioate
to the United states Government forthwith^ through t^ie united
States embassy in Angorath^ Ang 1 o«Tnrki®h convention of 1914^
?ihteh cmtatns a preoise definition of the frontier in this
am, the united states Qovemmtnt will have no emu&e for
no ^ ^Kiing the company of the views held foy His Ma jesty'a
Governmentj and riaee there Is no reason to believe that they
desire another dispute rdth Hi© Majesty*8 GoveKJiaent in this
areai