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Bahrain-Qatar seabed, 1951-1960 599
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Registry August,. 1952.
No.

Top Secret.
Secret. After ConiiTlimente.
Confidcntlil. lottor
Hcttrlcted. I have tho honour lo rofor to Mr. Polly'0/
Open.
uddi’easod to Your Uighnoaa No. C/1226 of 23rd
Draft, lottor Docombor, 1947 on tho subject of tho boundary
To delimiting tho rights of Your Highnous in tho
Ilia lilghnooa Shalkl bed of tho gcu lying botwoen Your Highneso'
Sir Uulinan bin
territory und tlio territory of Ilia lixcelloncy tho
Hamad Al Klialifah 1
K.C.M.O., K. C. I. IS. y
Ruler of Bahrain. Shaikh of Qatar.
2. In tho second paragraph of that lottor it v/aa
Z stated that tho lino of demarcation would extend
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Cd fromjy point which was marked ua'M' on tho copy
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of a map which wao oncloaod for Your IlighnoGs'
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X inforu«tion und w lyfch would continue us far‘as
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tho Bahrain Light Voouol. North of this point
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no dclimitution v/aa at the time hold to bo
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w noceoaary.
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2 3. I have now boon instructed to notify Your
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Highness that the Buhrain Petroleum Company aro
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being informed that wo have no objection to thoir
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Z oust of tho lino joining tlio Bali ruin light voaaol
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z utund tliat this Is the tontutivo lino given for
tho purpose of oil survey only and without
prejudice to tho final delimitation of the aoa
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bod boundary liorthwurdu from tho Buhrain Light
Voosol.
4. With regard to tho sea bod boundary south­
wards from tho Bali rain Light Vosool I havo boon
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3 ins true tod to ututo in roply to the 3rd paragraph
1 of Your Highness' lottor of tho 22nd peptember,
I 1951 that Hor Majesty'a Government consider that
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your lottor of tho 23rd May, 1949 was fully
replied to in tho Political Agent's lottor
No.C 39/11/40/51 of tho 14th May, 1951.
Usual ending.