ملف رقم ١٦٠ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "الخليج الفارسي: قطر؛ تعيين مديرين أتراك؛ مسألة معاهدة الحماية مع قطر" [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٨٦٠/١٦٨)

From Viceroyi 30th December 1904.
Foreign Secret. El Katr. T p fimary rea^^Ahmad bin Thaui
September 1904. Cox considers _ p , j a „ y ie strengthened, in
for desiring protective agreement he is under our
helping to maintain order, by pun noint of view. More-
protection. Publicity is therefore ^ precautions and reservations
?ver, any agreement to which were imply recognition
advocated by O Conor would defer TTc,t r It might also preclude
for first time of some Turkish ^sou. Be would
completely satisfactory agreement at more opponun
therefore prefer following sc erne . iptt Pr to Political Agent
Sheikh Ahmad should he encourage o w^ chieftainship has
saying that, owing f inform us that he, like Sheikh
devolved on himself »nd he has dec Agreement of 1868; as disputes
Jasim, considers and » Q difficult i ate r on, agreement
rantin'' succession may make matters moie
should be concluded before death ot aged She ^ ^ begt altemative
We concur in Cox’s view, and recomme ^ 3 p st P ]V[ ar cli. Adherence to
l 0 86TlgSenr d would r « lome me’asure of control over Sheikh’s
maritime relations with foreigneis.
Please telegraph reply.
From Secretary of State to Viceroy, Foreign Department,
28£A February 1905.
Foreign Secret. Yours 30th December. Katr. His Majesty’s Govern
ment see no advantage in revival of Agreement of 1868, which °nuld only h
made effective for purposes in view by giving it mterpretatmn considerably
in excess of what its actual terms would hear. They are ^willing to ms
any question touching the status quo in this quarter at tlm present time,
when a general sense of insecurity and suspicion prevails m Bm neighho
hood of the Persian Gulf. They propose shortly to ^ r f e " ^^L^ e8tl °
of our policy in this region for examination by the Defence Committee.