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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [129r] (282/526)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1933-30 Jun 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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also throngti Major Holmes. (See my report No.58,dated
22.3• S3 to 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.
).
Clearly the 400 square miles refereed to is the
Neutral Zone.
This seems to confirm the belief of K.B.Abdul
Latif, that the Shaikh of Kuwait actually had in mind, and
had deliverately planned that Bin Saud should bring pres
sure on him to give Kuwait to the Eastern & G-eneral Syndi
cate and not to the A.P^O.C., believing that His Majesty's
Government, who were always afraid of hurting Bin Saud T s
feeling, would realize that the Shaikh was not to blame.
No doubt he would arrange that Bin Saud should put the case
clearly and firmly to His Majesty^ Oovemment, that as
the Neutral Zone had gone to Holmes, it would be clearly
against his (Bin Sauds) interests if Kuwait went^to anybody
else. Holmes would then offer Kuwait to a ^British group
and the Neutral Zone to the imeri cans. In reality tt would
mean the Americans getting ooth.
III # TTRrRTJNG-S OF THE PEOFLS OF KUWAIT.
In the meantime the people of Kuwait and the
other members of the family of A1 Subah, are angry with their
Ruler for delaying so long orer this business. They all
would like to see the A.P.O.C. get the ocnoession, but
are powerless for reasons mentioned in my Confidential
report No.35. dated 15.2.33. For ready reference I repeat
below some of the observations which I made then. They
still stand.
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Majesty's Government.
(bl The Shaikh is playing a lone band, and
takes no local advice at all, nor would ^ ° f o ^ 8
leadinsc mercbants or nobles be able to profe^ anj
that nine tenths of them are in-
advice, see ng ^ have not the
deoted to him f 1 mio-ht not nlease. They think
courage to say what migbt not pxease.
that it is upto His Majesty's Government to do
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary of State for the Colonies 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. at Bushire, 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 and and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (E.&G.S.) representatives. The main subject is the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait between APOC and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.
The volume also includes some letters, in Arabic and in translation, from and to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and correspondence regarging him being invited to visit London as guest of the Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 73-74). On folios 155A-166 'Final Record of a Meeting held at the Colonial Office on the 26th of April, 1933, to discuss various questions relating to Oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', regarding Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 237-244). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found 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.
The numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; then 2-23; 24 and 24A; 25-45; 46 and 46A; 47-110; 111, 111A and 111B; 112-154; 155 and 155A; 156-176; 177-178 are missing or skipped; 179-185; 186 and 186A; 187-215; 216 and 216A and then it carries on until 245, which is the fifth folio from the back of the volume.
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- 'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:20v, 21v:24v, 24ar:24av, 25r:46v, 46ar:46av, 47r:52v, 53v:60v, 61v:63v, 64v:65v, 66v, 67v:68v, 69v:74v, 75v:83v, 84v:111v, 111ar:111bv, 112v:148v, 149v, 151v:155v, 155ar:155av, 156r:176v, 179r:186v, 186ar:186av, 187r:216v, 216ar:216av, 217r:245v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
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