مجموعة ٣٥/ ٤١ "الخليج الفارسي: الاتصالات الهاتفية اللاسلكية بين البحرين، والبر الرئيسي للمملكة العربية السعودية (الظهران) لاستخدام شركة كاليفورنيا للزيت القياسي" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٩] (٩٨٢/٣٥٩)

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Extract from Minutes of the 118th Meeting of
the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee.
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XV. BAHREIN (PERSIAN CULF): CALIFOj^NIA ARABIAN
STAl^DARD OIL Ca.£PAia AND BAHREIN PETROLEUM
COMPANY ~ WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS >
THE CHAIRMAN recalled that at the last Meeting,
Minute XLIX, it had been decided that the Chaiman of
Cable and Wireless Limited should be infomed that in
the Committee's view his Company should endeavour to
reach sane amicable arrangement with the oil companies
for the duration of the War on the basis of a token
royalty payment by the oil companies. The Chairman of
Cable and Wireless Limited had been advised accordingly,
and after further negotiations, agreement had now been
reached on the basis of a token payment by the oil
companies of £100 per annum dating from the 8th June, 1942.
This had been recorded in the following letter of the
22nd May, 1942, from the Traffic Manager of Cable and
Wireless Limited to the representative of the oil
companies in London, duly endorsed on behalf of the
oil companies by the said representative
H Cable and Wireless Limited appreciate that
His Majesty's Government have granted the
authority for radiotelephony to the oil
companies purely as a war measure.
In the circumstances, although strictly
speaking, it is an international telecommunications
service, Cable and Wireless Limited agree, in
the interests of the prosecution of the war, to
accept a nominal royalty of £100 per annum in
respect of the service with Bahrein, on the
understanding that this is entirely without
prejudice to the present and post-war position
of Cable and Wireless Limited in Bahrein. H
THE CHAIRMAN stated that the right had been reserved to
the Political Agent at Bahrein, in emergencies, to
authorize/