"ملف ٨٢/٢٧ III (F 84) شركة النفط الأنجلو فارسية أ.ب.و.ك: نفط قطر" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٦] (٦٣٨/٣٧٣)

P.Z.1971/34.
FOREIGN OFFICE, 3.W. 1.
S. 1833/81/91. 22nd Ivarch 1934.
IMfflDlATE.
Sir,
With reference to mala Off ice letter No.P.z.1788/34 of
the 20th Iviarcn i'egardlng tiie proposed s^atar oil concession, I
am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to request you to
info nn Secretary Sir Samuel Ho are tiiat he concurs in the
first and third of the proposals contained in paragraph 8 of
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the Political .Resident ' b telegram N o. T/53 of the 14th March,
namely that the Sheikh of Qatar should ha informed that since
His Majesty's Gtovemment regard the granting of a right of
survey in c^itar as part and parcel of a concession, he cannot
grant such a right without their permission; and, in general,
that pressure should he Drought to hear on the Sheikh to the
end that he should agree, in principle, to the grafting of th
concession to the Anglo-Persian oil Company or the Iraq
Petroleum Company.
2. with regard to Lieutenant-Colonel Fowle's second proposaj
namely that it should he pointed out to the Sheikh that hy
entering into direct relations with King Ihn Saud he has hroke
Article IV of his treaty with His Majesty^ Government and has
incurred their displeasure and, moreover, that any arrangement
which he has made with King Ihn Saud cannot he permitted to
stand, sir John Simon considers that, in principle, it would
useful in the first instance to know what these arrangement
^re. since, however, he understands that in the view of
Sir Samuel Hoare it is aesirahle to impose this veto at once,
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order that the Sheikh may be under no misapprehension on
point, he is prepared to concur in the course proposed hy
toder Secretary of state. Colonel/
India Office.