CONFIDENTIAL 134 membership, would be subject to his jurisdiction. If he does raise the question of the 1.0.5. we can, for the time being, only reply that the jurisdictional position of members of armed forces is a complicated question which has often had to be the subject of special international it agreements and that we are looking into and will discuss it further with him. (g) We aim to prepare the proposed amendment to the Trucial States Order in Council to allow for the retrocession of limited areas of jurisdiction in time for it to be considered by the meeting of the Privy Council to be held in NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN the middle of next month. We are grateful for dir fon Whyatt's first draft received November 11, which we are considering urgently. It is difficult, however, to proceed further until we know the wording of the proposed Queen's Regulation transferring jurisdiction. Please say whether you expect to follow the form of the Qatar Transfer of Jurisdiction Regulation No. 1 of 1962 for the proposed Queen's Regulation.
