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4. It will bo a eon Uiat tho Shaikh now doeo not oven wioh
to give Hawar to Petroleum Gonooaniono Limited. 7 am not of
opinion that .to ohould aooopt this, In this connection boo
paragraph 5 of my Exproao Lott ox* quotod above, Hawar gco-
graphically ia outo Ido the Bohroi n area and adj oini’V' latar,
whore Petroleum Conoeeaions Limited already hare a concession
and in fairnooo thoroforo it ohould go to them, In oonnaction
with tho ownership of Hawar ploaoo sec oorroap.ondonco ending
with your ’^xproaB Let tar Ho. P, <j« 4962/313, dated the 21ot July
1U38. I am enquiring from tho Political Agent Bahrain whether
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ar\y reply ima boon roceivcd from tho Shaikh of qatar.

0. Should ill a Majaoty'a Government acoept the recommenda­
tion made in my immediately aucoeoding paragraph, 1 think that

opportunity might be taken of insisting on tho inaertion in
the oonoagalon for the Unallotted Area a pre-emption oluuoe
in favour of Hla Majesty* 8 Oovornment to cover not only tho
product from the Unallotted Aron but also from tho present
ooncoBoional area.

6. In oonoluoion personally I am definitely of opinion
that Hie Majesty's Government should inform tho Shaikh that
with reforanoa to tho final paragraph of hla Memorandum they

agree to hio proposal provided !lawar io allotted to Petroleum
0onoooalon3 Limited but not othorwloe.

od. T.C.Fowle.
Politiool Resident in tho Poraian Gulf,
Attoated.
ad. A.C.Galloway,
tteorttary to the Politioal Resident
in the Poroian Gulf.