مجموعة ٣٠/٨٧(٢) الجزء II "قطر: الامتياز النفطي - عمليات شركة امتيازات النفط المحدودة." [و‎‎٢‎١‎٨] (٦٠٣/٤٤٢)

D.O. No.C/1209
W?
he 28th October» 1946*
Dear colonel Gallowa^,
In July of t^I^yiSF'ITaFIT^the American consul at
Dhahran, sent me & "Highway Statistics Questionnaire" pre
pared by the Transportation Unit of the Bureau of foreign
and Domestic Commerce^ commerce Department, I ashington,
and asked me to supply Information regarding road mileage
by construction types, main highways, planning and financing,
and materials and equipment for Qatar and the frucial coast.
I replied politely that there were no highway statistics
for these two places, and that I had no material on my files
from which to answer the questionnaire.
2. Hart passed a copy of this same questionnaire to
petroleum concessions Limited, at the same time informing
them that he would shortly be sending them a second question
naire on the subject of oil. petroleum Concessions Limited
have now written to say that they have received tills second
questionnaire and have sent me a copy together with a copy
of Hart's covering letter, which I attach in original.
Packer Informs me that P.C.L. have consulted their Managing
Director in London, and have received instructions that they
should refer the questlonnalre to London before taking any
action on It, and that they should also obtain our views on
3. it would appear from Hart’s letter that this is but
the first of many questionnaires, and although there may be,
as Hart says, a 23.75$ American interest in petroleum Deve
lopment Limited, I see no reason why the Company should be
called upon to give the detailed information asked for,
which is, in fact, far more exhaustive than that supplied by
the Bahrain petroleum Company to the Ministry of fuel and
Power, vide correspondence ending with my endorsement
$o.C/1197 dated the 24th October, 1946.
^ ^1“ 4. I should be grateful for instructions as to how I
should reply to Petroleum concessions Limited.
Yours sincerely,
•/- $ R^bNUr
The f!on v ble Lt-col. A.C. Galloway, C.I.E., o.B.E.,
political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain .
HS.