مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٣ "الخليج الفارسي، الساحل المتصالح. سياسة حكومة بريطانيا. قائمة شيوخ الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٨١٨/١٥٩)

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ana trie Air Ministry representatives pressed for a closer
control’ 1 of tne Trucial Coast. Inis policy ox "closer
control’ 1 was opposed by txxe India Office and uiyself, tne
matter was left in tne air, and no closer contx‘ol xxas been
put into force. In spite of tnis our responsibilities
(a), (b) and (c) (quoted above) nave been successiuxiy carried
out during tne tnree years or so vrnicn nave elapsed since tne
question was raised. In otner words our new responsibility
(c) did not in point of fact call fox* any new policy.
5. Tne present situation is not uniiice txiat in 1954.
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We nave got a new responsibility on our nands^in audition
to our old ones: Oil. Does tnis necessitate any cnauge in
our policy ? Trucial Coast oil divides itself into two
pares:
A* Assiseixig ene Petroleum Concessions Limited to
get concessions xriiu tne irucial coast bnai^ns.
B. Assisting tne Petroleum Concessions Limited to
explore txxe xxinterlaxiu territory of txxese tJnaiicxxs.
4. A* nas given rise to mucxx correspondence, and to
a good deal oi local aceiviey on our part, as tne result of
wnicn two of txxe iruciai coast Snaixns, Debai and tinarjan,
nave given concessions to tne Petroleum Concessions limited.
Witn regard to one remainder oi tne 5naiXxxs, txxe cxxiei factor
X
is His Majesty's Coverixmexxt• s message to &nem oi June 1957
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(see India Office teiegraxu a0.1674 of 17tn June 1957 to me).
Neitner cxie local activity referred to above, nor nis
Majesty’s GrOverxxment * s message - tne Sxxaixns concerxiea are
bound by txxeir Treaties witxx us noc to give oil concessions
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