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the independent rulers of the Arab States in South-Eastern Arp hi n v n in
emphasise the importance which His Maip^v’« ' f b ^ ^ ou should
historic position in the Persian Gulf pnrl ih' • comment attach to their
to any solution which might 0 , th t elr a g reein g
lEns 1 ! 6 lntereStS ° f the Arab State S \vYh J w hom they
AzizYhatyouarYifpCesS Yf Yew Maiestv™ ^ “
Before describing these pronosals vou L 7 . Jest 7 s . Government -
in the Saudi memorandum of the 3rd April last, ^evefop^^fo^this^?^
as se? ouT iY thf“Y Yf thYmeetlngl 0 ” Wlth FUad Bey HamZa Iast ~ er
■ ?’ , B . e S m ning at the northern end of the proposed Saudi line vou should
point out the importance which His Majesty’s Govehment attach to eYteblisCne
conXaYiYYs aCC T°he a o fl h Wlth S e0 »f a ^ 1Ca1 ’ aS Wel1 as P olltIcal and 3
YeoYrafhYTunB h and if ; P6 T SUla f0n f? a 1 , clearl y defined and separate
Ivuf; . f and it is only reasonable that the frontier between the
Sheikhdom and its neighbours should follow the natural division betTeeY thf
peninsula and the mainland. His Majesty’s Government have already expressed
readiness to depart from their strict legal position by recognising Kmg P Abdul
Aziz s sovereignty as extending over the western shore of the gulf kfown as
, e pJohat-as-Salwa and over the Ikhwan settlements at the head of the Gulf-
but they could never consent to attribute to Saudi Arabia features, such for
of the P Gatf r PemA 6 f aksh ’ 7 hlch form ™ integral part of the physical structure
fart ff A Ylf f-Yi a f lf ^’ ld hav ? alwa y s : 111 fact, been an equally integral
pait of the Sheikhdom. An additional factor in regard to the frontier of Qalir
is the grant by the Sheikh to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, with thC fidl
fl’f’u-ffi ° f t fr, n^y s Government, of an oil concession over the
m mdom ot Qatar This concession, which was granted on the 11th May
ast while not extending beyond the limits of the State of Qatar as claimed by
the Sheikh of Qatar and recognised as his territory by His Majesty’s Government,
does actually extend to the south of the line claimed by King Abdul Aziz,
(ry. paragraph 5 above); but the position in this respect will be already known to
His Majesty through the communication which I instructed Mr. Calvert to make
by my telegram Ho. 112 of the 20th September. Should you decide to advert to
this development, you should take the opportunity to recall the fact that
His Majesty s Government have formally assured the Sheikh of Qatar of their
protection against any interference with his territorial rights.
10. Turning to the problem of the Khor-al-Odeid (to which Fuad Bey Hamza
attached special importance), you will explain to King Abdul Aziz that, as
uad Bey was informed in London, His Majesty’s Government have long
iecognised officially the validity of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi’s claim to the whole
oi this inlet, and have regarded his territory as extending round both the Khor-al-
Dmrv\ aihm and the Khor-ai-Odeid up to a line, running westwards from the
northern side of tne mouth of the Khor-al-Odeid, which forms the boundary
between the territory of Abu Dhabi and that of Qatar. His Majesty’s Govern
ment naturally cannot violate or disregard their obligations to these Arab rulers
with whom, as the King has recognised by article 6 of the Treaty of Jedda, they
have long-standing and special treaty relations. Should you consider it wise or
desirable to do so, you are authorised to develop frankly to the King a further
argument which was used with Fuad Bey Hamza in London; namely, that His
Majesty s Government have had for many years a particularly strong interest in
the chain of Arab States on the coast between Qatar and Muscat; that the
maintenance of this position is an important principle of British policy in the
Persian Gulf; and that it would be at complete variance with this policy for them
to agree that a powerful State such as Saudi Arabia should acquire a new r
outlet to the sea on this section of the coast, to which neither political nor
geographical considerations entitle it.
11. Pursuing your reply to the claims put forward in the Saudi memorandum
of the 3rd April, you should explain that a thorough reinvestigation of the
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