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sixty days of being chosen or designated, the British Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf may appoint a referee at the request of the arbitrators or of either of them.
(c) The decision of the arbitrators, or in ease of a difference of opinion between
them the decision of the referee, shall be final and binding on both parties.
id) In giving a decision the arbitrators or the referee shall specify an adequate
period of delay during which the party against whom the decision is given shall
conform thereto, and that party shall be in default only if he has failed to conform
to the decision prior to the expiry of that period, and not otherwise.
(e) The place of arbitration shall be such as may be agreed by the parties, and
in default of agreement shall be London or Baghdad.

Article 16
The Ruler shall have the right to appoint a person as his official representative
and intermediary between himself and the Company, and the salary of such repre­
sentative shall be Rs. 800 per month and shall be paid to the Ruler direct at the end
of each month. With effect from the date of the commencement of drilling the
Ruler may, if he so desires, appoint a second representative, the salary and conditions
of appointment of whom shall be the same as those of the first representative, pro­
vided that the second representative shall be acquainted with English.
If at any time the Ruler should desire to send a representative to London for
any purpose in connection with the Company’s business the Company shall have
no right to object to this and shall pay the expenses of such visit to an extent not
exceeding Rs. 5,000 not more than once a year.

Article 17
The Ruler and the Company both declare that they intend to execute this
Agreement in a spirit of good intentions and integrity, and to interpret it in a
reasonable manner. The Company undertakes to acknowledge the authority of the
Ruler and his full rights as Ruler of Abu Dhabi and to respect it in all ways, and
to fly the Ruler’s flag over the Company’s buildings.
In witness whereof the two Contracting Parties have signed this Agreement on
the day and year specified above. And reliance is on Allah.

Signature of the General Manager of Signature of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast), and its dependencies.
Ltd. (Seal of)
Stephen H. Longrigg Shakhbut Bm Sultan bin Za’id

Witness: B. H. Lermitte Witness: Ahmad bin Khalaf
Witness: Ali Tajir Witness: Khalifah bin Za’id

No. 2

Political Agreement between His Majesty’s Government and Petroleum Develop­
ment (Trucial Coast) Limited, relating to the Abu Dhabi Oil Concession
(No. 1) above, dated April 11, 1940
This Agreement dated the eleventh day of April One thousand nine hundred
and forty is made between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
(hereinafter called “ His Majesty’s Government ”) of the one part and Petroleum
Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (hereinafter called “ the Company ” which
expression shall where the context so admits be deemed to include its successors
th d/[h ass‘gaees and a*so be deemed to include any subsidiary Company) of
Whereas the Company has obtained a concession dated the Eleventh day of
January One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine from the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
(hereinafter called “ the Sheikh ”).
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