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'File 86/1 VII (D 101) Kuwait Oil' [52r] (118/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1934. 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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CONFIDMTIAL.
No»G-163. 1
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■ POLITICAL AG-MCY",
KUWAIT.
Dated the 3rd May 1934,
From
To
Lt»-Colonel H.R.P.Dickson, C.I.E,, I.A.,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait;
The Hon'ble the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, B u s h i r e
Kuwait „ 0 i 1_ C ompan s_Ne gotiatipn^.
Sir,
In continuation of my telegram No»162 of 3rd May,
I have the honour to enclose translation of
Letter No.KH/3/1283, dated 17th Muharram 1353
(1st May 1934} from H.S. the Shaikh of Kuwait to
the Kuwait Oil Company.
2„ Messrs Holmes and Chisholm (the latter of whom
was absent in Basra on 1st May) visited me on 2nd May, and
reported the receipt of the above letter and also furnished
me with a translation* Both appeared seriously concerned
at what they considered to be more or less "an ultimatum",.
3, At a subsequent discussion which I had with the
above two gentlemen. Major Holmes expressed the opinion
that the Shaikh was being pressed flcfeman outside quarter,
and so had decided to force an early issue with the Kuwait
Oil Company. He mentioned that he had inner information
that the Shaikh had received two further telegrams from the
strange company whom he suspfected to be the B.O.D.
This may or may not be true.
4. Major Holmes added that what worried him at this
stage most of all, was the new attitude of the Shaikh. The
latter, he said, had always in the past been on the most
intimate and friendly terms with himself (Major Holmes),
but that quite recently he seemed to have changed entirely,
and to be no longer desirous of trusting him or having any
direct dealings with him.
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The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait (Harold Richard Dickson); Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); Officials in the India and Foreign Offices (including Sir Louis Kershaw, John Gilbert Laithwaite, George Rendel); the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Air Ministry (Wilfred Ashton McLaughry); the Air Office Commanding, Iraq (Alexander Duncan Cunningham); and representatives of the Kuwait Oil Company (Frank Holmes, Archibald Chisholm), Arabian Development Syndicate, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and Iraq Petroleum Company.
The correspondence relates primarily to the Kuwait Oil Company's negotiation's with His Majesty's Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait for the Kuwait (also given as Koweit) Oil Concession, focusing on discussions around clauses in both the Commercial and Political Agreements and the Shaikh's concerns over how certain clauses may be perceived both within his own country and in neighbouring ones.
Also discussed are developments in Saudi Arabia with regards to their share of the Nejd-Kuwait Neutral Zone Oil Concession, which was being competed for by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Arabian Development Syndicate, and the British Government's opinions on the situation and their intended approach with regards to the Kuwait share of the concession. The information relating to the Saudi Government's approach to the concession is relayed through letters and reports from Sir Andrew Ryan, HM Minister at Jedda, and contain details of his discussions with representatives of both the Saudi Government and the oil companies.
The correspondence also includes a discussion relating to land at Shuwaikh, identified by the British Government for possible use as an air base, and includes negotiations over the cost of renting the site or the possibility of reserving it for future use. Also included are details of reconnaissance undertaken by the Air Officer Commanding for alternative sites, which was unsuccesful, and correspondence regarding the use of Kuwait Harbour for flying boats and the need to identify suitable locations in the Harbour for moorings.
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- 1 volume (249 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of this volume have been arranged mostly in chronological order.
Folios 236-241 contain file notes detailing each letter contained within the volume, and giving the page numbers each letter commences on enabling the notes to be used as an index.
Some of the letters refer to earlier correspondence in previous volumes, and provide a page and volume reference in order for the earlier correspondence to be identified.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. The foliation sequence commences on the first folio after the front cover, with 1A and concludes on the back cover with number 246. Foliation anomalies: 1A-E.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:54v, 55v:153v, 172v:245v, back-i
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