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'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters' [26r] (51/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1949-3 Jul 1950. 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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Confidential.
D.O.No.982-063?
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Sharjah,
Dated,2nd November,1949.
Will you please refer to Jakins letter No.C/S 130
about the proposed arbitration over the Abu Dhabi sea-bed.
2. On 30th October, I spoke to Shaikh Shakhbut on
the lines suggested by Jakins and handed him the revised
translation. The Shaikh said that he replied to Jakins
letter on 28th September 1949 and that he casually handed
in his reply at one of the P.C.L.camps. There is, therefore,
every reason to suppose th-t this letter must hav§ gone
9 ladX
astray. He gave me, however, a copy of which translation
is attnrhed•
3. You will notice that his reply completely evades
the issue. I asked the Shaikh what his real reason was
for adopting this evasive attitude. He replied that he was
trying to delay arbitration until such time as his finances
allow him to face any sort of legal costs without fear.
At present, he said, he could not guarantee to pay the fees
of a King's Counsel as 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.
suggested. I
gather that the Rs.400,000 loan made by P.C.L. in June of
this year has largely been expended already on consolidating
his position in Buraimi. I think also he is hoping that
Superior Oil Company will eventually engage and pay his
King's Counsel for him. He then said that he wished, at
the same time, to put to arbitration a number of other point?
in the concession. I asked him what points he had in mind,
but he was unable to specify them. He said, however, that
the concession was "full of injustices". T^is attitude on
his part dates from the first visit of Sir Hugh^in March
1949 and at that time, both Pelly and I had good reason to
believe that Sir Hugh had deliberately, and with the
authority of a former Government Servant, convincingly, put
into/-
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The file contains correspondence regarding the issue of oil concession grants for land beneath the sea beyond the three mile territorial limit. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates].
The matters covered by the file include:
- British instructions to the Trucial shaikhs to make claims to the subsoil of the seabed beyond the three mile limit;
- the case of arbitration between Petroleum Concessions Limited and individual shaikhs over whether this potential extension of territory was included in the original 1939 concessions.
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- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 47; 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 2-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/4/9
- Title
- 'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
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- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 14r:14v, 21r:21v, 23r:32v, 34r:36v, 38r:38v, 40r:40v, 42r:42v, 44r:45v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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