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OIL.
24* Material and equipment for the Californian
standard Oil Company is pouring through Bahrain en route
to Damman, Has Tanurah and Abu Hadriyah* About 1600 tons
went through in the last week of July*
(P.A. Bahrain)*
Mr. Max Thornburg, Vice President of the Bahrain
Petroleum 0o* f Ltd., left Bahrain on 13th July for Europe and
the United States.
(P.A. Banrain).
25. . mi rani an Oil Oo npany - According to a report
from the B.M.A. Kabul the inland exploration company {The
Afghan branch of the Amirani an Oil Company) have decided
to abandon their concession in Afghanistan.
(B.M.A. Tehran).
26. Basrah x-etroleum Company - On 29th July a new
concession was signed by the acting Minister of Kcono.aics
and Communications and the representative of the Basrah
Petroleum Company in respect of oil prospecting rights over
the whole of southern Iraq, including the Basrah valayet
and extending to the Iraqi-saudi Arabian frontier. ^s the
Basrah Petroleum Company is an offshoot of the X.P.C.
and the latter have also acquired the controlling interest over
the B.O.D. Company’s original concession over areas west of the
Tigris this now means that the I.P.C. has virtually obtained
complete control of the known and potential oil resources of
Iraq and a right to their subsequent exploitation on a royalty
basis. It is understood that the payment of this new concession
will be i?'r. 200,000 (gold) per year.
(R.A.F. Intelligence dumoary).
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27. There is a certain amount of trouble in the
A1 Thain family of v^atar. The Shaikh complains that some of
his relatives have been encouraged by the Shaikh of Bahrain
to come across to Banrain where they are given money for the
purpose of spreading hostile propaganda in Qatar. On the
other hand the relatives have complained to the Political
Agent Bahrain that the Shaikh refuses to give them any share
of the money he receives from Petroleum Development (Qatar)
Ltd., and that as their other sources of income have now
disappeared they have nothing to live on. The Shaikh of
atar has ignored a suggestion that it is not only incumbent
on him but it is also in his own interests to make provision
for his poorer relatives.
(P.A. Bahrain). 28
28. It is later reported that while declining the
advice of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. that he should make provision
for his poorer relatives, the Shaikh has expressed the hope
that the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. will expel those members of the A1
Thain family oresent residing in Bahrain.
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