Mr. BURGESSasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Persian Oil Company has been given a monopoly for prospecting oil in Iraq; and whether the King of Iraq has the power of giving oil concessions to American companies?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. With reference to the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to Article XI of the Treaty with King Feisal, published in October, 1922, as Command Paper No. 1757.