"ملف ٨٢/٢٧ III (F 84) شركة النفط الأنجلو فارسية أ.ب.و.ك: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٠] (٦٣٨/٤٤٥)

On the 4th April iy34r at lb.00 hours the Political Resident
and the Political Agent saw the Shaikh, his sons, T Ali and Hamad,
and Salih al Mana f at the Qasr.
The Political Resident askea the ShaiJm whether ne haa any
reply to the letter which had been hanaea to him. The Shaikh
produced a written reply which was read out to Salih al Mana f
and handed to the Political Resident. Some discussion took place
wiiicii was led round to whether it was possible to find a bnage
between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Shaikh. In
particular he was asked whether he had re ^uested the Company
to pay him an higher royalty instead of a lump sum and a royalty.
He said that he had not aone so. The Political Agent said that
it appeared tnat his demands were higher than those made m the
case of the Bahrain Concession,to wmch the Shaikh re^lieo that
he did not know about tnat. He said that he thought W-t tne
money would not come out of the pockets of the Company, but tnat
their profits would be so large that they coulo. easily afford
to pay him five lakhs a year in addition to tne roy^ltieo. It
appeared,however, that it was impossible to fapeeeed persuaae him
that there was any necessity to lower Ms terms and. it was not,
ot course, possible to do anything which might commit the Compa y
to increase theirs, though the Political Resiaent so.ia tnat
would do what was possible to see tnat he receives gooa terms,
should ne give the Concession to the iaiglo-Persian Oil Company.
It was also emphasised that if he aid not give it to tne ^ 0
Persian Oil Company he would not give it to anyone and then
Qatar would loose all the benefits from oil ana tne political
Hesident asked what would his relatives think H he looses O oo
ra0Iley - the
Tne conversation then turned on to /bounaanes o ^a ar.
The Shaikh reiterated that his boundary as on th A o
Persian Oil Company's map. He saia that there was a neutral
zone between him and Abu Dhabi from Khor al Odaid to tne
/Sabak^ah