'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎15r] (44/651)

Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
Mohammerah.
suoh as liajd for presentation to ibn ; and farther that bo
had much of the faot that he had suooaadad In obtaining tha
oonoeeeloaffrom id rial. Abdul iat if realised the faot that nr.
Holmes was a sort of adventurer; hat the question he seened to
be anxious to ask was :-"waB it not a faot that the aajority
of suoh people have achieved BuooeaB ,, T« la reputed hii old
story that the A.B.O.O. offered veiy poor terms to Bin Sa*i
and that the High aommissioner advised ibn baud that the share
holders of the oonpsny represented by Holmes ware reliable people*
He indioated that he will be prepared toaesist the A.P.O.O. if
Mr. Holmes failed to oariy out the oondit lonjas to oommanolag work
within 6 months; but he oould not believe that Holmes' soheme will
fail through abruptly, beoausa, in addition to having paid the
t6000 ment ioned in the agreeuent. Holmes had spent over I'jOOOt
during the time he had been carrying on his negotiations. Abdul
iatif was personally inolined to think that ibn Saad meant to alias
Mr. nolmes to exhaust all his rasouroes before there oould ha any
braaoh of relations between them, it was evident from his remarks
that 1» was inollned to a veiy extent to ensure some interest
for himself in any verture which aay be undertaken in regard to
ull la flajd, Ml thht, seeing that nr. Holmes had eagp ired him
with great hapas in that respeot, he wished to wait and see.
At the same time he did not make a seoret of the fhot that hm
considered Jtr» nolmee as n man "iho waajtrylng his Inok in regMt
to Conoesslon 1 '. He said it was natural a man of Mr.Holaee'