ملف ١٩٢١/٢٧٩٤، الجزء ٥، "الخليج الفارسي: النفط: البحرين." [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٩] (٥٢٤/٤٩٣)

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C#«umications on this subject
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UndeS Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.l,
and the following 61420/1923.
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I am directed by the Duke of 'Devonshire to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter (No.P4263) of the
21st of November and to transmit to you, for the infor
mation of Viscount Peel, the enclosed copy of telegraphic
correspondence with the Political Resident on the
Persian Gulf in regard to applications received for
permission to negotiate oil concessions in Qatar.
2. As His Lordship will observe, it was considered
that although the territory of the Sheikh of Qatar had
<not been mentioned specifically in any of their previous
applications, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company had established
at least a moral claim to priority of consideration, and
that the Resident agrees with this view.
3. His G-race does not, however, consider that any
immediate urgency exists for the grant of an oil conces
sion in Qatar and in the present political circumstances
of that area would deprecate any attempt to press the
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matter unduly. If,/^‘^fi^iytne^yh^nd, the Government of
^IiICAL DEPARTMENT,
INDIA OFFICE
SECRETARY OF STATE, (2 88 DEC
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India