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No. 3079, dated Bushire, the 15th (received 29th) November 1910 (Confidential).
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Resident in the
I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of
( 1 ) Mohammerah letter No. 1108, dated llth India < c 0 P ies of communications mar-
2. During my recent visit to Mohammerah we discussed with the Shaikh
the lines on which he had best reply, and my advice was that he should simply
eay that he did not understand what it was that they took exception to and
requested them to be more explicit. The idea of referring the Central Govern-
and Mr. Wilson afterwards, and the terms of the reply as actually sent seem
quite suitable.
No. 1108, dated Mohammerah, the llth October 1910 (Confidential).
From— Lieutenant A. T. W ilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan,
To—The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
I have the honour to forward a copy of a letter, No. 1107-87, which I have
to-day addressed to His Majesty’s Minister on the subject of a letter addressed
by the Persian Government to the Shaikh, objecting to the agreement of the
latter with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited.
No. 1107-87, dated Mohammerah, the llth October 1910.
From— Lieutenant A. T. Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan,
To— Sir George Barclay, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
I have the honour to enclose a translation of a letter addressed to His
Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in regard to his agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The
original of this letter was shown to me by the Shaikh yesterday.
2. It will be seen that strong objection is taken to certain clauses, not
specified, and that the Shaikh is requested to do what he can to cancel the
agreement and to demand that it be countersigned by the Ministry for 1 oreign
Affairs.
3 . The Shaikh takes a philosophical view of the question, and seems
half inclined not to reply to the letter: he points out, with truth, that the
Oil Company’s concession from His Imperial Majesty the Shah ol 1901 is a
sufficient authority to him to make such an agreement, containing as it does
(Article 3) express provision for the acquisition of land by the Company.
4 . The Shaikh points out the tone of the letter is very polite, a pleasant
change after the intemperately worded communications which have reached
him latelv from the Persian Government.
Persian Gulf,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
October 1910, with enclosures.
ginally cited which I have received from
of his Agreement with the Oil Company, and also that of the Shaikh’s reply.
ment to Article 3 of the D’Arcy Concession must have occurred to the Shaikh
Tehran.