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'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA' [10r] (19/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in Jan 1948-4 Mar 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Messrs. Clough, Kurley and Cove of
John Howard & Co., had lunch with me today.
^ Mr. Cove is the Senior Representative of the
company on the mainland arid the ether two are
on a visit from London. The company are
engaged in building the causeway to Damman and
they told me they expect to receive the contract
for the construction of a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for an American
cement company who propose to set up on the
mainland. They also have some hopes of obtaining
a contract from the Sauui Arabian Government
for the railway from Hufuf to Riyadh. The
company have about sixty British employees on the
mainland and a camp of air-conditioned prefabricated
buildings is being constructed for them at Damman.
Mr. Cove is thinking of establishing his
yfee^^fra^^^s at Bahrain
a:(L4th March, ^L^49.
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This file concerns economic developments in Saudi Arabia, including extracts from 'Saudi Arabia Monthly Economic Report. January/February 1948' (f 2) and March 1948 (f 7); extracts from 'Review of Middle East Press' dated 1 May 1948 (folio 3) and 28 May 1948 (folios 4-6); and a copy of an extract from a letter, dated 29 April 1948, from His Majesty's Ambassador at Jedda to Ernest Bevan, Foreign Secretary (folio 8). Subjects covered include: Aramco, developments in the Hedjaz [al-Ḥijāz], the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Corporation, the Saudi Arabian National Bank, oilfields at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān], commercial activities, and mining and oil.
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- 1 file (10 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover on folio 1 and terminates at the back cover on folio 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-10; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/483
- Title
- 'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence