"ملف ٨٢/٢٧ III (F 84) شركة النفط الأنجلو فارسية أ.ب.و.ك: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٩] (٦٣٨/٥٠٣)

to the Company and might have diastrous results on
British interests elsewhere. He "ohought that H .M .G's
real safeguard la^^ in the existence of the British
groups in the I •P.O. Sir Louis Kershaw enquired
whether the same difficulties vjere not to be feared
from the clause in the Kovieit Agreement, but Mr . Hearn
hoped that since only two Companies v^ere interested
in this the clause would not become widely kno^n.
Mr, Starling said that H.M .G. v.-ere at present
negotiating vjith various foreign countries and trying to
get them to agree that they should impose no conditions
on British Oil Companies vmich vi/ere not imposed on
other Oil Companies. Having in mind these negotiations
he felt inclined to agree generally vath what Mr.Agnsw
had said. Mr. Seal said tnat the iidmiialt^ vjer^
someahat perturbed at the very aaall nmnDer
refineries in British territory in 'vievs o^. u-"--
difficulties villi on might arise in time of war in
obtaining oil for the Navy from nentxaX ooun^ri^s. S" ®
Adiairalty parti oulsrly desired that there should oe
more refineries in British territory in Asia. He said
that it vrns a well established British policy to
ensure if possible that oil should oe refined in
British territory and he suggested, and Mr. Starling
agreed that this policy was well Imown abioad.
Sir Louis Kershaw also doubted whether the omission
of a refining clause from the present agreement would
really make it much easier for British Gompann -s
vis -a-vis, for exaunple. South American Republics who
might produce earlier documents which contained
„. • n There was, for example,
conditions regarding refining•
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