'الملف 10/3 IV الامتياز النفطي بقطر' [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٢] (٥٣٤/٤٤٠)

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or some wrong or daraage is causod to the plabe on account of
the bad state of the ground it will be attributed to me the
fact whicn I \/ant to avoid until such time as an engineer
iL sent and the ground is oroperly levelled, I have not giver
permission for landing and thit must he well understood".
IfJallow this and some wrong taKes ^lace then what can I
say to^hot tempered man tike the Honourable the P.R, who
will attriibute the thing to me just as the P.R. did the
other day when he said that I had some arrangements with
Bin Sa ! ud which is not supported by any thing."
You yourself said to the Honourable the P.R. that you had
some arrangements with Bin SaUid"
This is true but the arrangements which^said in no way inte**
fere with my authority. By keeping the friendship of Bin
Sa 1 ud/without giving him the chance of interfering in my
affairs, I have been able to live peacfCLly with ray tribes,
I assure you that my utmost desir^to remain very friendly
with British overnment and to gain their favour and my wish
and of the Arabs at large that the British Government should
regain friendly so that peace and order may exist all over.
The Arabs nave always got benefit from the British Government
and we always expect the same from them although we are not
sure what the future would fetch.
The British Government are friendly with Bin SaHid and want
to remain friends to all who should remain friendly.with
each other.
Bin Sa'ud^xs no doubt,lie is very strong and although I nave
not his power yet I can create lot of trouble for him if
I wanted. I will only allow his tribes to trade and ta-ne
shelter in my country and thus can instigate the tribes
against him. This 1 do not want to do so long us he keeps
his friendship with me. At present peace and order is
existing and I do not want to creat trouble and cause lot
com plications •
10th May 1954.