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'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters' [27r] (53/94)
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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intp Shakhbut's mind the idea that the P.C.L. concession was
a piece of trickery from beginning to end,
Lermitte has probably told you of the difficulties
which the Abu Dhabi Shaikhs have been creating for the Company
in their recent operations, Shakhbut has appointed a number
of guard commanders to the camps in his territory, and at
Ghanadha and Ras Sadr, these men, (who try to affect the title
of Emir after the model of the Saudi guard commander in
ARAMCO Camps), deliberately try to create trouble among the
Abu Dhabi labourers. There have been numerous petty strikes
over trivial issues. Apart from this, visits to the camps by
the Ruler's relatives often result in similar ill-feeling.
Protests by the Company have only resulted in increased
friction.
5. I have visited the three camps of the Company with
Mr.Henderson, the Dubai Dubai Representative of P.C.L. and it
is my impression that, whilst the strikes, on the whole, are
the result of deliberate interference by the Shaikh's guards,
the standard of administration in the camps might well be
improved. For example, the water distilling plants at Ras
Sadr are unreliable and I think that the complaints about
lack of water may have some foundation. Well water could
easily be delivered in dhows if necessary. I learned that
sufficient cooking utensils are only just arriving in camps
which have been established for two months. I suggested to ■
Mr. Henderson that he would strengthen the Company's position
by looking to such points as food, water and living conditions.
He replied that he had been asking for a Camp Administrative
Officer to be sent to take charge, but that his company had
not found him one as yet.
6 . Hitherto, P.D.(T.C.) have been accustomed to dealing
direct with the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Shaikhs on all matters except the
those requiring H.M.G's intervention or sanction on some
specific point. This practice was acceptable to all parties
• as/-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/4/9
- Title
- 'File 0629 Correspondence regarding the land beneath the sea outside territorial waters'
- Pages
- 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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