"F 83 ملف 82/27-II نفط قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٩] (٦٣٠/٤٣٣)

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pay due deference to the advice of our political
representatives and the views of t he Sheikh, possibly (a
point to he discussed later in connection with Article 12 of
the revised draft Concession), exclusive British exploitation
of any concession, the appointment of a British Chief Local
Representative, etc.
Apart from the points covered "by (a) and ("b),
closer examination of the problem had shown that the grant of
any oil concession "by the Sheikh, whether to the A.P.O.C-., the
I.P.O., or an American Company, would give rise to difficult
political problems in connection with jurisdiction over the
concessionnaire 1 s employees, the grant of protection by H.M.G.
in cases in which local conditions made this necessary and the
Sheikh for any reason failed to afford it, and, probably, the
appointment of a Political Agent to represent H.M.G-* and would
make it necessary to consider bringing into iorce certain
articles of the Sheikh t s Treaty of 1916 which were at present
dormant*
Such questions could best be dealt with in a third
agreement or exchange of letters between the Sheikh and
Considerable difficulty might be anticipated in disposing of
them: and if we were to take them up with the Sheikh and try to
"reach a general understanding with him on political points, it
might be thought desirable to take the opportunity a ^ so
secure the air facilities in Qatar which the Sheikh had
hitherto refused to give save in return for guarantees of
protection which H .M .G. were not prepared to undertake.
Mr.Rendel said that, speaking personally, he was
entirely in favour of a procedure such as had been desciibe
Higher authority at the Foreign Office had not of coui se ye
consulted. But action on these lines would, he
^as confident, be consistent with their general
view/