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4. A straight line from key point C to the intersection ofLongitude 55° E. and Latitude 22°30' N. (key point J).5. A straight line from key point J to the intersection ofLongitude 55° E. and Latitude 20° N. (key point G).6. A line running from key point G to the intersection ofLongitude 53° E. and Latitude 19° N. (key point H), drawnapproximately straight so as to leave Sabkhat Mijurah[al-Manjurah] to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and RamlatMughshin [Muqshin] to Muscat and Oman.7. A straight line from key point H to the intersection ofLatitude 18° N. and a line known as the Violet Line.
The line thus defined is shown in general on Map I, andits northern portion in greater detail on Map II.
39. The conversations between Fuad Hamzah and SirAndrew Ryan which took place in the days immediatelyfollowing the submission of Ryan's new proposal centeredchiefly on the Qatar boundary, then very much in theforeground because of the diplomatic exchanges duringthe previous summer. Fuad Hamzah pointed out thatthe British offer was unsatisfactory in that it met neither ofthe two key Saudi demands: it did not recognize the Saudiclaim either to Jabal al-Nukhsh, on the western side of thepeninsula, or to a stretch of seacoast east of Qatar, commencing in the vicinity of Khaur al-'Udaid. Since thesepoints were in the Saudi view essential, the line was unacceptable to Saudi Arabia in the form proposed; and FuadHamzah therefore only hinted at other respects in whichit might also be open to objection. He ascertained that theBritish Minister was not authorized either to offer or toaccept any substantial modifications, whether at the baseof Qatar or elsewhere. The boundary negotiations thusreached an impasse by the end of November, and were
