"ملف رقم: ١٤/ ١٤ الاسم؛ بنك لمسقط (البنك الإمبراطوري في إيران والخليج الفارسي)" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (٤٣٤/٢٩٧)

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I sav; the Sultan at 1015 a.m. on 2nd ’*av and told tin
t> t : l ad o' served t’ at : n the draft ' •an' i yvee ent v e ]-^d ol jectef to
the phr; se r he ’ an:: will only disclose the affairs of i.ts clients on
the order of the conpetent court " and inserted n on tlie order
of the Muscat Court H . I said that I felt sure that I .M.G would not view
this wording as being a true statement of tie position: it suggested that
British co-ninity would be liahle to inspection by t! e State on orders of
v e Muscat ^ovrt, a state of a; fairs hie! . vas sure as contrai; to t’e
spirit of the 1939 treaty.
I e replied wit' great candour, saying that as he hoped
th. t in 1°51, ••■hen the treaty ex;ired, he would 'e able to negotiate a
now treat; , abolishing or reducing the Court’s jurisdiction over ^ritish
subjects, he was thinking of the future. ke did not lil:e the triplicat
ion that there v/ere two courts, being included in an a re rent which, he
hoped, night outlast he existencce of one of these courts ( t’ e Co sular
Court ) • T said that 1 could rake no staterent about anj 7 future treal
"t oust insist that for the next three t ears, at all events, the present
sition be recognised* Be refu ' rt the words " Competent
Court ', Tut on v suggestion, inserted the a^rds " on product:.on of a
legally valid warrant" and pro ised to v/rite e a separate letter stating
1 at a., long as tre present treaty was in orce, h r-. cognised t’at in tie
Consul.