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that no discriminatory treatment with respect to housing, wages, indemnities or
recreational facilities shall be accorded to foreign laborers in said Neutral Zone
of the same category as domestic laborers.
Article 22
The Company will furnish free medical care and attention to all its personnel
and Government officials working in said Neutral Zone and will erect, establish,
staff and maintain dispensary, clinic and hospital facilities which will be reasonably
adequate for such purpose.
Article 23
Within three years after crude oil obtained by the Company from said Neutral
Zone, including any crude oil which it receives for its own account or is credited
with from production not carried on by the Company or from production carried
on jointly by or on behalf of the Company with another party or parties, but not
including any crude oil produced by the Company or from any joint operation
by or on behalf of the Company and any other party or parlies which the Company
is required to deliver or account for to any person or any body corporate or
political by reason of the nature or extent of the undivided interest hereby trans­
ferred to the Company, shall have attained an average volume of fifteen thousand
(15,000) United States barrels per day for a continuous period of thirty (30) days,
the Company shall, with the approval and under the control and supervision of
the Government, erect, establish, staff and maintain schools and educational
facilities in said Neutral Zone:
(a) For the primary education of the children of Saudi Arabian personnel
working for the Company, and the further education of such of those
children who shall demonstrate an aptitude for education along tech­
nical lines such as would qualify them to become skilled technical or
supervisory employees of the Company; and
(b) For the industrial and commercial training of Saudi Arabian personnel
with the object of training such personnel to become industrial and
commercial employees of the Company.
The Company will also provide scholarships or other financial assistance to
enable especially talented graduates of its schools to attend institutions of higher
learning and training in the United States of America. Such a scholarship
program, featuring selection of student beneficiaries thereof on the basis of merit
alone, shall be evolved by the Company in co-operation with the Government.
It is understood and agreed, however, that entry into the employ of the Company
shall not be made a condition to attendance at any schools maintained by the
Company.
Article 24
The Government shall furnish police protection and guards for the Company
and its employees and its and their property. The number of police and guards
required from time to time within said Neutral Zone shall be determined by the
mutual agreement of the parties. The Government shall exercise direction and
control over such police and guards in the same manner as it does in respect of
other police and guards under its jurisdiction, and the Government shall have
no further responsibility to the Company in respect of police protection or action
within said Neutral Zone. The Company shall pay to the Government the salaries
of such police and guards, which shall not exceed the usual salaries of such
Government personnel.
Article 25
Necessary customs and quarantine officials at harbors and airports con­
structed by the Company or additional customs and quarantine officials required
at any other ports utilized by the Company shall be appointed by the Government
in consultation with the Company, and their salaries, which shall not exceed the
usual salaries of such Government officials, shall be paid by the Company, which
shall also provide, at its expense, suitable buildings for offices and decent living
quarters for customs and quarantine officials at harbors and airports constructed
by the Company.
Reasonable and suitable quarantine provisions shall be enforced, at the
Company’s expense, at harbors and airports constructed by the Company, and
the Company shall take all reasonable precautions in its operations hereunder to
prevent the spread of disease in said Neutral Zone.