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he make no complaint to British Consular Authorities.
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investigation.
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Clause/is/. The "young Esa" is a family man of about
30 years of age.
Clause (22). The German contract was kept secret at the
express bidding of Mr. Brown. I have a written statement
in original by Hassan Samaiyeh to this effect. Much less
was it ever registered in a British Court or attested by li
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the British Agent at Lingah. The Trucial Chiefs have
standing injunctions not to give concessions without con
sulting' British Authorities. In order to prevent these
unsophisticated Arabs from getting exploited by unscrupu
lous persons, this is very necessary.
Clause (S3). The latter to which German enclosure 6 is a
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reply and which is carefully omitted by them, did not for-
ward a copy of the document at all, but merely gave a gar
bled report. The third partner,who knows no English^ saw it
was objectionable and repudiated it directly he received a
copy and got it translated into Arabic. The sentence "Ann-
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ulment is preferable to its continuance" is a polite way
of saying "It should be .annulled". It is possible, in view
of the fact that the contract was in English that Hassan
himself never understood it accurately, or perhaps was
given by Brown an incorrect Arabic translation of it.
Clauses fee) & (27 , The whole Ger •man Case seems based on a
fraudulent or invalid transaction between two British
sub 1ects.
Clause feg) I will obtain precise details and report fur
ther .
Enclosure (1) to the German.Case. The words "as long as
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they choose to possess" are not accurate rendering. It
should read "as long as there is to them a purpose in the
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Enclosure (2). The inclusion of this document is curious.
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