"الملف 73/7 V (D 38) وضع الكويت، والمعاهدة الأنجلو-تركية" [و‎‎٤‎٤] (٢١٦/١٠٠)

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Gewnan Counter-draft.
Article 3,
Clause {a). The Imperial German
Government and His . Britannic
Majesty's Government declare that
they will in no case support the con
struction of a branch from Basra
(Zobeir), or from any point of the
main line of the Baghdad Railway,
to the Persian Gulf unless and until
there is complete agreement on the sub
ject between His Britannic Majesty's
Government, the Imperial German
Government, and the Imperial Ottoman
Government.
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British Counter-draft.
The Imperial Ottoman Government re
serves to itself the right to confer upon
the Commission, which it proposes to en
trust with the improvement and mainte
nance of the navigability of the Shatt-el-
Arab, its rights of control over the port of
Basra.
The conventions relating to this port,
and the statutes of the company to he
formed, shall contain provisions expressly
preserving the rghts of the aforesaid Com
mission.
Clause (6). The Imperial German Gov
ernment and His Britannic Majesty's
Government agree that they will use their
best endeavours to secure that in the
separate Ottoman Company for the con
struction and exploitation of the port of
Basra, mentioned in sub-clause (iv) above,
British participation, both in the capital
and directorate of the port company, and
in the contracts for construction and main
tenance, shall amount to 40 per cent, of
the whole.
Clause (c). The Imperial German
Government and His Britannic Majesty's
Government agree that they will use
their best endeavours to secure that in any
Ottoman Company for the construction
and exploitation of the port of Baghdad,
to he formed under article 6 of the agree
ment between the Baghdad Railway Com
pany and the Imperial Ottoman Govern
ment, mentioned in clause {a) of the pre
sent article, British participation, both
in the capital and directorate of the port
company, and in the contracts for con
struction and maintenance, shall amount
to 40 per cent, of the whole. .
Clause {d). In all that relates to the
dues and charges of whatever nature to
be levied, and to the facilities to be ac
corded, in the ports of Basra and Baghdad,
goods arriving or to be forwarded by water
shall receive identic treatment to those
arriving or to be forwarded by rail.
Article 3.
Clause {a). The Imperial German
Government and His Britannic
Majesty's Government declare that they
will in no case support the construction
of a branch from Basra (Zobeir), or from
any point of the main line of the Bagh
dad Railway, to the Persian Gulf unless
and until there is complete agreement
on the subject between His Britannic
Majesty's Government, the Imperial
German Government, and the Imperial
Ottoman Government.