"XXII\٨ سكة حديد بغداد" [و‎‎٥] (١٩٤/٨)

DRAFT—(For Approval).
Political Residency, Persian Gulf.
No..
Dated
190
IStb April 1910*
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Yottr lottor of the Bth April haniad to re by
r fMoney 9 tko Tnrfrisfc iiatienal BankU Oonsnltinp- Knpinecr.
It appoara that the i?ali at Basra had mentions! thorn to
tho Sheikh and also pavo them a letter to introduce them*
for **hon tho latter reached him or-t at sJrra i.e sant in
his rotor-oar to taka them ont to call on him* wore
not loner ^ith him as Ur Money was death on vi|sitinp: Aath-
-ama and wanted to eiat baok to do it* Unfortnnataly I oonl
not e;o with them * bnt I don f t think anytnine:
t^o Tts'aal polite convarsation passed between
pimped tho Tnrk as rich as I coild and than old Mbarak
after ards and oonld not find any discrepancioa. They
•topped with mo thonp;h the ikh was keen on p'&T.’S.ing thoni
m in his palace* I took thorn to Ka^ama mysalf in my bcalT
so as to be quite sure of w;*at whey iid * Money aeomad
atraisrht-forward enough •And the Tnpic iruad he^ wao
vory^aimable** * could not *.»cj»p ti*iiikiii^ joo wae i-.ore
that of looking after «onoy and Turkish intcrcbta and t^at
*onoy should not give whom away * than merelvj an interpret
ranch beyond
thorn for I
Money very kindly traced the proposed track
•man concession from Bardin dov-n to Kowoit on
so if you ..ave not got it I could put it onto
of the ier-
a map for me
a map tor