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'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait' [76r] (168/393)
The record is made up of 1 volume (193 folios). It was created in 6 Sep 1932-31 Jan 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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Telegram
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To
Unnumbered.
Dated 24th December 1932*
1*
Political Healdent, Buehire.
H.M'e, iiecretary of Litate for tne Colonlea,
London*
IMPORTANT.
PRI vats AND pkrscsal.
1* Dickson la in poaaesaion of coplea of all the
inter-departmental correapondence referred to by you.
2. 'he shaikh of Kuwait ia at present on a visit
to Bahrain and cannot return before 29th December.
rhe earliest date on vrihich Dickaon can reach
Buahire ia lat January. This, however, would involve hia
abaence from Kuwait during the visit of Naval Commander in
Chief from 3rd to 6th January.
4. '»iork of tranalating petroleum Department 1 a
memorandum into Arabic will take time, and during Comaander
in Chief' a visit Uhaikh will not be able to study memoDandum
or diacuas pointa on which he may deoire advice. I think
it moat deairable that 1 should explain such points to
Shaikh personally, but Commander in Chief viaita Bushire
from 7th to 9th January, and I cm let ve for Kuwait only
after Commander in Chiefs visit.
t>. I therefore propoae to inatruct Dickson to
communicate (amended) memorandum to shaikh on dth January,
maKe at the same time the oral explanation mentioned in
paragraph 1 of your telegram Ho. 9, ask the Shaikh to study
the memorandum ( which will certainly take him some dayaj,
inform him that I shall arrive Kuwait 11th January to dia*
-cuss any points which ne wishes cleared up, and let the
local representatives of the Anglo Persian Oil Company and
tne Eastern and General Syndicate Know tnat tne Shaikh haa
received commenta of H .M* a. Government and tnat tne decia-
-ion now liea with him.
6. Pleaae telegraph your approval of the above
propoaala.
^ lwi 11 ■ hi
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The volume contains correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the 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. in London, the Embassy of the United States of America at 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 Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subject is the negotiation for the oil concession in Kuwait between APOC and the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited.
The volume includes a draft of the Kuwait Oil Concession, dated 1st December 1932 (folios 54-60) and a letter to Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, in English and Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (193 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 179-182). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be mainly 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, with a minority in the top centre. The numbering commences at the title page with 1A, 1B and 1C; then 2 and 2A and it carries on until at f. 184, which is a loose polyester sheet at the end of the volume.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:2v, 5v:40v, 49r:52v, 61r:81v, 83r:115v, 120r:159v, 167r:176v, 177v:184r, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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