"الملف 26/133 (F 78) خور موسى" [و‎‎٣‎٤] (٢٣٤/٧٧)

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wuoh extra exp^nao and rerhapn would rit b# reotlfl®d
afterward# without Incurring a gr^ttt dw^l »orw. in the
oirour 4 8tanc«a a aurvay of mor ku»A aeema vary t»*>ortant
and 3 hara tha honour to ^quira whether the (Jovermient of
India, oonaldar It advlaabla to help the An^lo-?aralan Oil
Company "by authorizing tha ,, Pall^ur^8 ,, to naka the aurwey*
I am Infors^ by tho CoTr?";and«r of the •?allnurua" that
the aurvoy would orobAbly taVa ^ or ^ !nontha t and that ^Iwen
reH.eonably good we^th^r^ he can flnlah all the apT>roachee to
Qatlf by Xfliaa* Ftw. what he a^ya It appaara that thla T>ort
will want a great deal of buoying before it la aultable for i
a teaser harbour, and ^wen then ahlpa will bawo to anchor 4
or 6 Tsllea off the Town. ?re^ what I hear the sort of Juball
®oea not aae ?n to be wery prfr-la^lr? either but I have
aa>red the aomnand^r of the "P^llrmrua* to maVra a mirwey
Inapeotlon of the place and l^t Vnow the i»eaulta.
4. It would thus r tbatg apart froo the eueation of
doing a favour to Bin Saud to help hl7« to decide about
opening a oort in hi a territory, the aurvey of v hor ^uaa woul
ha -moh ?nore ueeful worfcr than the nreriont aurvey of the
neighbourhood of Qatlf. in the clrcu^atanoea T venture to
aui^geat that the Oovemn^nt of India may be nlaaaed to autho
rize the "Palinurua* to aurvey the Khor wuaa. The oueetlon
of payment of a portion of the coat by the An^lo-Perelftn Oil
Cowipany la not within my province, anet I ne«d only aay that
in my opinion, the opening of a port in Paralaa territory,
ahould It be found poaelble, would berwflt wany othera
bealdea the Anglo-Foraian Oil company and would be, I t??lak
of great Indirect ber>eflt to {>overnment •
^• I am informed that the local hi anaganient of the
Anglo-Mercian Oil ooropany hav^ wade urgent reweaentatlona
to their Hoard in London, wd I am therefore forwarding a
oo^y or thlc letter with lt« enolosurea unofficially to