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•This answer was In aoourdanut with tfuit
X had expected ftom uy experience of the rttla-
tlono of Arab rulers inter »•.

"The Turks nay have introduced national
laws and naturalisation Into the territories
under their immediate control, hut tlaoy are
not indigenous to the country. X expect that
Ilijas nationality J.aw of J$2nd Kabi al-Axol 1545,
corresponding to 89th Hvptmnber 1985, will be
found to be the first osnoy of a purely Arab
administration in this direotlon.

“Rule 10 of this Uiw which presumably
applies to Nojd and Its dependencies reudai
"MJvery resident of the llljaa will
be considered a illjual from the duto
of publication of Milu law, unleau he
la in possession of valid official*
documents which prove hlii foreign
national ity" •.
"If It should be do aided to bring Uie treat­

ment of the Haharna of :iutif ana *iarut to the
uwwoo of ills Jisjesty tiie aing of iiijaa and We^d
he would *srobably quote the ubove-mentioned rule
to contest the right of Jlli« Majesty's Guvonuaent
to interfere in the matter."
4. The provisions of this law howevor seen to
ran to be exceedingly arbitrary and, if enacted in

Mernia, would certainly navu evoked protests fron all
foreign governments. There are many Indians who
arrived in .'■'ciruia nh*n the Angloan oil Company
commenced operations and have reuidod In thin uountry
over since, but have lost their certificates of
identity. Those individuals are now taking out puss*
ports, and every government in of course entitled
to Inolst tliat foreigners resident within Its
territories