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GOVERNMENT of BAHRAIN.
Conridontlal.

No, of 1371
Offlco of tho Advisor to
tho Govornmont, Bahrain
Datod 27th Shaaban, 1371
May 21, 1952.

From
C. Dalrympla Bolgravo, Esquiro, C.B.E.,
Advisor to the Govornmont of Bahrain,
Bahrain,
Persian Gulf*

To
' Hor Britannic Majesty's Political Agent,
Bahrain.

Sir,
X have the honour to inform you that Ills Highness

has instructed mo to acquaint you more fully with the
reasons for hi3 demands for a revision in tho payments
to his Govennmont by tho Bahrain Petroleum Company.
Those demands formed tho subject of my .lotter No.1652-2013
datod 6th April 1952, addressed to Mr. E.A. Skinner.
2. Tho Govornmont does not quostion tho legal right of
tho Company to continue to onjoy tho privileges w.dch

were granted to it, In return for b.»o obligations which
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!. wore assumed by the Company under tho exiaiiji ; contract.
Tho Government regards the present negotiations as a mutual

' and voluntary effort to readjust tho compensation which Is
duo to tho Govornmont for those privileges and to bring it

into lino with corresponding compensations which are now
paid by oil companies to the Governments of other and
neighbouring statos.
3* His Highness was surprised ut the tone of tho Company's

i lottor, No.C/FA-53, datod 30th April 1952. In this lottor
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