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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [‎71r] (170/496)

The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 15 Mar 1932-9 Jan 1935. 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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I 1
orer £»50 > 000 sterling at present rates, is only a loan
hrs been confidently asserted by persons who claim to have
received their information direct from those concerned
on behalf of the Company, and the repayment, it is further
stated, is to be made gradiu lly agi^nst the eventUf 1
royalties received by the Sa'udi /rab Government# This
arrangement, if correctly stated, would therefore be provided
for in the w special agreement*', the terms of which have
not so far been disclosed*
3» Mr# K# Twitchell who, in the continued absence
of ISr. Hamilton, represents the Company here, states that he
intends to leave Jedda about the 28th August for the Masa
Coast by car# He has been awpy from the 1st August on a
short tour of inspection, on behalf of the Sa^di
Government, of the old gold mines in the ^ejaz, which it is
believed are by no means **worked out 1 *, and returned
unannounced on the 14th ugust, to prepare for the arrival
of the Company's consignment of specie to the fc^udi
Government•
4# It is stated here that active operation^are
contemplated by the Standard Oil Company of California
within the next few weeks and that oil mining gear is
by
already well on its way to the Hasa Coast/way of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. #
5# A copy of this despatch is being sent to the
Honourable 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. ,
Bushire.
I have the honour to be with the highest
respect,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
A.S.C LVERT.

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The volume contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, 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 Bushire and 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. in Bahrain on the Hasa oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the negotiations of the Standard Oil Company of California for the oil concession in Hasa and the visit of Major Frank Holmes to Riyadh to meet Ibn Saud.

The volume includes correspondence on the Saudi blockade against Kuwait, two copies of the Hasa oil agreement between the Standard Oil Company of California and the Saudi Arab Kingdom (folios 52-68 and 87-102) and correspondence on the application of the Standard Oil Company of California for permission to fly from Basra to Bahrain, which encountered resistence of 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 Bushire, against the presence of American companies in Bahrain (folios 121-123 and following).

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 212-223).

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1 volume (245 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folio 212-223). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner (between 44-82 the numbering can be found at the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ). The numbering begins on the first page of text which follows 4 blank pages and terminates on the 5th folio from the back; at the rear of the volume there are 4 blank pages. Foliation errors: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1e; 29, 29a and 29b; 137A and 137B; 159A and 159B; 169A and 169B; 171A and 171B; 179A and 179B.

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