CONFIDENTIAL (and possibly costs) to be retained. We notice also thatthe reference to "send or grant" has been omitted and wishto know whether this is of any significance. 7. Article 4 of the previous draft has been omitted. This has been discussed in relation to Article 1.Article 4 8. This reproduces the previous Article 5. Article 5 9. This reproduces the previous Article 6.Testimonium10. The reference to an Arabic text has been omitted. Sincewe are acting on behalf of Qatar, Abu Dhabi, etc., an Arabictext is indispensable. Background 11. (To paragraph 2). "Shaikhs of the Trucial Coast" isquite unacceptable, apart from the fact that such a descriptionwould not cover Qatar. Our compromise suggestion enables the Iranians to side-step the issue of referring to them as "States" and should therefore be acceptable. 12. (To paragraph 4). There seems to be no question ofpersuading the Ruler of Sharjah to drop his claim to Sirri (asH.M. Ambassador in Tehran has suggested) unless the Iraniansin turn drop their's to Abu Musa (of which there seems littlechance). The suggestion that the Agreement be limited toQatar and Abu Dhabi is designed to provide the Iranians with a reason for not having included in the Agreement H.M.G.'s recognition of their claim to the island of Sirri. Theco-ordinates which the Iranians have calculated are all rightexcept that the Latitude of Point 5 should be 26° 06' 20" (not25° 53' 40"); but Commander Beazley will raise this point.Point 12 is mid-way between the 12-mile territorial waters ofSirri and Abu Musa.13. (To paragraph 5). It is difficult to see why the /Iranians CONFIDENTIAL
