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'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession' [‎68r] (150/520)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (252 folios). It was created in 1916-1934. 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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The other Departments concerned expressed
their general agreement,in particular as to the
avoiding
importance of/any commitment on the question 01
assignment or safeguards. The meeting then proceeaed
to consider the revised draft put forward oy the
Company.
Prearnole . It was agreed that no question arose
on this.
article 1 . Attention was arawn to the fact that
one revised article gave exclusive rights "throughout
the State of c^atar." The area involved was, so far
as could he estimated, something over 3,000 square
miles. It was decided that no objection need he
taken to the grant of an exclusive concession to the
Company and that it was unnecessary to require that
the rights of exploration, prospecting and mining
should he specified in separate schedules. The
Petroleum Department drew attention to thefact that
the article as revised gave the Company the exclusive
right to "carry away" the substances which it was
entitled to secure, hut saw no objection to this.
Mr. Laithwaite said that the Government of India
had sent a reminder 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. on the
question of the boundaries of Qcctar. Iftiis question
was raised by the Company it would be better not to
commit ourselves. We coula wait to see what map tney
produced.
Article 3 . The following points were raised:
(a) the desirability of making provision to
safeguard the position of aerodromes* It was agreed
that this should be put to the Company, though the
decision was complicated by the fact that we had not
yet acquired a permanent site. In reply to a question
by Mr. Laithwaite as to the probability of any special
Admiralty/

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The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between 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 Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Sheikh of Qatar.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 243-247).

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1 volume (252 folios)
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The items in the volume are arranged in chronological order from earliest to latest with earlier documents attached to the file. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 243-247. 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 starts on the first page of writing on the top right-hand corner and finishes on the back cover, on folio 252. Numbers are in pencil, circled. There is a second foliation in blue crayon first and then in black pencil on the top centre and then on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 1 (numbered 1) to folio 26 (numbered 26) , then folio 27 (numbered 26a) to folio 47 (numbered 26v), folio 48 (numbered 27) ending on folio 242 (numbered 220).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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