'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎325r] (676/1904)

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in th® Company t and to give a written acquleacenoe to th©
contract with .'onckhaus j not that fros our point view
either the on© trarisaotion or th® other would have heen of
any value when obtained aonthe after, the eonce^eion had been:
cancelled. \S-€ ' « "
(84) • go o-bjmnouto wr mm mnT wmKmm was
bi us imttim prntmn t.j. muooiM of bos*-■1 as, op miu"
CHE BHITiiiH HBIOEAHDGM OML'g liAYS fiiAT THE LgfeSESa HAD
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"wmmmsm'sq*with him, while as a matti^/^agt hi had
' • - - COMPAHY TWO YEARS - .1 V "
of tkjt leas- mimmmf*
Mr. Kalcola au a natter of fact did oonplain that Hasan
had entered into the con tract witliout eon suiting his and
had refused to give his a copy of the doovnaent - vide his
letters of Ci) August RSrd 1906 and 17th October 1906 in
cluded in papers eubusitted by se on lot March 1906* He •
then aefced my advice -as to what oourae he should take, but
I said I could exprese no opinion withouf seeing his deed
of partnership, '^lie ha wae then unable to produce, Mr.
Maicola is alnost stone blind and at that tiae had Just got
rid of hi8 Persian Clerk and was consequently unable to
find any of the papero bearing on the preoiee terrao of his
partnership in the Company. It was for this reason, namely
that we had not seen hie paper©, that the British Heaoranduss
only referred go briefly to hie connection with the concern.
He h&e since found the deed of pn rtnership and I now ap~
pend a translation of it (Annex It proves of con
siderable importance and shows that 5 n ■position, like -that
of Hakhoda Ali, was one of absolute equality asaong the
partners inter se.
(r>f,). no doubt samaxh ouukt hot to HAW or
fpg excuse tliat f'ttl /ighehmot was ib ckkmah.
After making this casual observation the German rejoinder
p-oea on to endeavour to explain away or belittle Hassan
Saiaaiyeh'e tactics in concealing the text of to© contract
from