مجموعة ١٧٠/٣٠ "مسألة ملكية جزيرتي البيّنة." [و‎‎٩‎٦] (٢٥٩/١٩٤)

5« ’hallch -’icuf said that it *j8 . 10 1 tht v^lac or the
lalandn that intoroeted the :'audl f^overiUTioat# but the ueceooi
ty to avoid dleputes with a friend on a location in ittclf of
little laoraent. t !o claini^d that the f'aucLi Qovomaent had a
right to both inl-mcis under the ordinary rulaa of inter
national but said th^t If -Ur ajerty’ •. /overni^nt# to
avoid tha poa ibillty of dlapoteBt \yould care to divi le the
irlondo by drawing a line midway between Bahrain anA the
mainlrnd, hi a r iovem-!ient would probably a£raa«
4» h w<ig produced by Hhisifeh Yuauf which ha raid
had bo«n nade by the Collfoiuiia rfbiati Btt ndard Oil :.ompany.
It hod obviously been prepnred for the occasion* at it showed
nothing but Bahrain, the iaeinland» nnd the three ialandi# of
Urar Ka*aan> Libeina al tarhir and Libaina ul Uhir. Kemambajr
inr the f'andl proteat whan JTia M*.Jetty’s Government kept
C«A«S,0 4 C» informed of the position of the frontier (puestlor**
I rubral dud 1 hnikh v uruf with pretervlcd rtarlononeaa f or
allowinc: private peraone - foreigners to boot - to have
knowledge of a matter which ought to hrro bean kupt coufid-
entinl between the two Governments. ?halfch Yusuf alleged
thr.t C.A.S.C.O. hed been asked to osaice a niap but hud no
kne fledge of the reason# but in view of the nature of the
mop I think **e may conclude that the mono£&meat of C. i.S.G.G.i
who olroady »enm to regard British *’irxpcriuliefti M with 9
critical eye, have been admitted to the confluence of the
Saudi Oovemnent in this motter* In any case the di&tsncc
between Gnm Ka'oun and ^ibaino el Bnghii' will h«v« been
calculated by American* not Saudi engineers.
J5. I oholl bo glad to receive Your Lordship’* inetruo-
tlons 90 to the reply which 1* to be cant to the audi
Government in reply to their note of February 26th.
6. Copiee of this despatch and of ita encloaureu are
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