"سلسلة ذات طابع سري، عربستان ولورستان ٨٦ ملف ٨٢/٢٧ - V نفط قطر" [و‎‎١‎٤‎١] (٤٦٦/٢٩٠)

p,Z.6792/1934.
Britannic House,
Finsbury Circus,
London, E.C. 2 .
J,G. Laithwaite, Esq.,
India Office,
S.W.l.
Dear Laithwaite,
1 st November, 1934.
Thank you for your letter of the
(P.Z . 6327/34)', about Qatar oil.
18th October,
On that letter and our conversation on the 20 th
October I have had a redraft made of the last draft
dated 13th March, and enclose six copies, dated 25th October
1934, of the redraft of the concession.
I have marked on one of these copies the passages
or wording different from the last draft dated 13th March
1934, which are as follows:
Preamble . Mylles 1 name is substituted for
Chisholm 1 s.
Article 6 . In accordance with the suggestion
in paragraph (l) of your letter, the following words have
been added at the end of the 3 rd paragraph:
and in times of national emergency the Shaikh
shall have full use, free of charge, of the
Company’s wireless and telegraph installations
and railways for governmental purposes”.
Article 10 . In the hope of obviating
difficulties actually experienced elsewhere, v/e have reworded
the last sentence of the first paragraph. In Persia it has
even been claimed that such articles as medical supplies and
geological expeditionary equipment, for example, are imported
for or applicable to the personal use of employees, and are,
therefore, dutiable.
As you will see, we propose to restrict the
dutiable category to articles sold to employees for their
personal use - with the exception of food supplies, all
imports of which will be liable to duty. Considering the
desert nature of the country we still feel this to be a^harsh
requirement of and we feel it unreasonable to
place in the hands of a Shaikh notorious for his cupidity
"the power to make the ordinary amenities of life for
Europeans unattainable by reason of excessive duties which