'File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah' [‎113r] (232/416)

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Sheikh Naiftlr bin /.tleh i nd Baleh bin liana tnt^r-
viewed ae yest€rclsy evening at 6-1^ p,aw They Ftcted
tac t they h^d found thi<t the Br.hr In GoverniRent were un~
vd-iilng to accept the term ^hich they appe xed to be
pcri'eetXy willing to cce ,>t the day before, they said
tbat sug^sted to the Bahrain aoTermaent that custoas
dues would not be imposed on Zu.b ri n or on the personal
property and i-rticios for use of tue 8a*111, t&at the
be under
Zubt rah area vjouXd be considered to W)Q&&&y&y the Shaikh
of yrittir and that the would be considered to be
unoer his jurisdiction, I pointed out to the» that their
inclusion of the word ^nder the jurisdiction of 11 eisounted
to the Bahrain represents tires, should they h^ve agreed,
accepting the decision that £abarah vuz part of ^star.
this they undoubtedly would refuse to do. I again suggest
ed to the» that they should leare out ^under the jurisdic
tion of" and th*i.t they should merely ssy th&t the condi
tion of the Zubar^i ar«a sho'ild be as it waa six saonths a^o«
We then discussed various alternative propositions in de
tail, Eventually I told them th« t they should put for
ward in writing the terfcs *hich they had offered to the
Bahrain Governsient yesterday and in reply taey said thxt
it *as not possible to coiniKit anything to writing as they
were eTraid of CbaiiSi * Abdullah bin Oessia and had no
real eutriority to Act or m^ice decisions on his behcXf#
This was told to ae by Stiaikii Ha sir. I suggested thfct
thei propositions
they should put in wpitln$ with a provisional st-te-
aent to the effect that they were subject to confira^tion
by the Shaikh of Qatar. They then enquired \ibht they were
to do as they did not seea any further forward and did not
like to offer ©ore generous ttsras without consult tion# 1
suggested/-