'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎47r] (104/1904)

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to ZsTorrLo /dS 1>0 r r '? Ter but P erl, ?P s y" 1 ' ba " b « e "
of the leaseho'd of +hi> „ V | C ® : llimi . ls tjougnt oxide only, nothing else, from the owners
have arranged th^i if /v """.f m ^ bu Mu,,a ' Hago-ben-.Mi Semev and Co. We
__jL?i^Sedlhat if .we dehyer the oxide in Lingah and pay the transport expenaeTTie"
" possess hlmsWoflt ^ ?| U1 — agreeaa ?' and wil1 not insist on going to the island and
^ ^ W -te saying that perhaps f coaid cancel the
wHh thhshnd wp ^lp im • i !i e answered : you say that we have intentions
we hi VP nnlv K a "j f " S lve jou a letter that Ave have nothing whatever to do with it;
f "fv! trG " 1 l , lie lea seholders of the oxide mines in Abu Musa for
m^vohJu nt'thP 0 - pe ? p f \ Uy from •>' ou - We do a iar ge business with all the
■n tp r f ei i slan and Arabian coasts, and have never had trouble with the
Fii • i'. x * ^ 0u . ao 1101 acce pt this letter and you want to be released from the contract,
a.i ngnt, pay us for every ton 16s., as per contract, and also the advances which we have
pai o jou , « en you have paid us that, we do not require the contract and shall
re urn it. TVe insist upon our rights. We are not here to play at doing business, and
we work and go m accordance with law." If you think it advisable, please write to
tnem and explain to them; perhaps they will meet you. I cannot see my way to do
anytemg contrary to tue sale conditions until the contract expires. You are the Lord
ottlie Learned ; you know that I did this knowing that you were agreeable to it. The
. ung emg done, it is better to stop this dispute. When the Germans agree to give
you a letter according to your own wish, saying that they have bought oxide only from
Massan-ben-Ah bemey and Go., and have nothing to do with the leasehold or the island,
that settles everything. You know that such a sale in one item is not obtainable every
uay, and we have a large amount invested since the date of the Concession ; until now
who oi the partners gave a single penny? And if we don't sell, who will give us our
money r You know that a sale is debarrassing; when it is made it decreases the
lia bill ties oi the partners; when there is no sale, the partners must pay whatever the
expenses are. After his arrival from Calcutta, Abdulla will close the books and show
you everything. Please inform Isa of this.
(Signed) HASSAN -BEN -ALI SEMEY and Co.
(Inclosure 12.) A fa ^
Seger-ben -Khalet to Hassan
(After compliments.) 1325.
VVe inform you that Isa-ben-Abdul Latif has lodged a complaint with us regarding
the oxide mines in Abu Musa, which have been given in lease since some years in vour
name, and Isa-ben-Abdul Latif, and your son Abdulla, in accordance with the document
dated the 18th Zulkada, 1315. He has sent us the copy of contract existing between
you and Robert Wonckhaus, and presents a complaint saying that you have "concluded
this contract without consulting him, and after seeing it he does not agree to the
conditions mentioned in the contract, and I also do not agree to this contract—unuer
no circumstance^ You ha^fe no rigfft to--give a contract of such a nature and bind
yourself, ana possess a third pereoa of all that the mines yield for a long period, without
consulting us or informing us at all. • 11
As we w ill sustain a loss bj allowing this contract J regarding the Island of Abu
Musa which is in your hands to continue, and"you Save acted in this unauthorized
manner on our behalf, we have now thought it advisable to withdraw the leasehold frora
your JVOW I infernj'you by this letter so^that you may know that the^ontract is -v,
expired between us, and you have no right to make use of the mines in Abu Musa /
Let this be known. ^ f ^ If
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