'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎441r] (908/1904)

Am the detail® of his shipments according to mtmt r® ha V #-tf®ard
fro® hlo or from othsrg Is r«ooriM la our book# and amountt$
approxlaatoly to 8000 to&s. an every occaeion on which we asked
Llis tor an ad.justraeni of tha accounts h© has put us off with pro-
raises o*.ac'ji 9tro«nt» It wag my father who wae is the habit of
correspond Jug with hiia on ay behalf. On 18 th Rabi IX 1324 llaji
Hassan intimated to ny father hit transaction with Mr. Wonofcfeaus
tiie oerman^ but he neither forwarded any document in original
nor a copy thereof? nor did he ever mention at ail the execution
of any written contract in this regard. Ha slaply Mentioned to ray
father taat he was Selling to !fr* vionokhaus 2000 ton® yearly and
that if more was available fronofchaus would take it. Several tises
';y father apeolfioally wrote to Hajt Hassan cautioning Mas against
the giving of any bond or written agreement to outsiders. In rerdy
he (Baasan) invariably gave assurance that he would not enter
into any engagement sscept the s&le of oxide to whosoever would
purchase it; and when w© leamt that he had executed a deed of
Contract in connection with this trsnsaction, we made objection®
to hiaj in regard to it and demanded from hi^a copy of the deed of
contract and repeated tbe demand several tiaee before he sent it
to us. It was written in Fnglish, and when we perused a translation
of it into Arabic we saw that it was objectionable. At once I
refused to acquiesce in it and intimated to hira asy non-aoceptance
of this document end also explained to Sheikh Sagar regard thereto