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'File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession' [106r] (228/468)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1933-19 Feb 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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4.
"oe excellent, he aid not appear to realise on what
points it was necessary to keep Lonaon in close touch
with what was going on. That, too, ha thought would he
remedied in future.
6. Mr. Ballantyne proceeded that, apart from a
lack of appreciation of what was ana what was not
important from the Lonaon point of view, Mr. Skinner
was inclined to write abrupt and unsatisfactory letters.
Thus, the Sheikh having recently written to make an
enquiry as to the Company's intentions in regard to
refining, Mr. Skinner had replied that the company had
no present intention of refining locally ana that they
were under no obligation so to do. That was not the
type of letter to write.
7. I said that we had seen the letter and that
it had been regarded as unsatisfactory. We should be
writing to him on the subject in the immediate future.
8. Mr. Ballantyne said that the fact was that it
was far too early to talk of detailed refining-
arrangements. The Company had not yet worked out its
marketing or sale arrangements, and the first thing to
do was to find out how much oil there was likely to be
and on what scale arrangements ought to be made and
what difficulties there might be in connection with them.
If the sheikh of Bahrein merely wanted a small local
refinery to supply his own needs and those of his
population, there would probably be no difficulty about
it. There was to be a capping plant at Bahrein.
9. i said that what the Sheikh wanted was that
the oil won by the Company should be refined locally,
thus providing employment for his subjects and.bringing
money, in the shape of wages, into Bahrein. It was
not/
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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. in Bahrain, 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. in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island, under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the employment of United States' personnel in Bahrain.
There are several maps in the volume:
- Sketch Map of Sitra Island and Sitra Channel, off the coast of the Bahrain Island (f. 15);
- 'Sketch "D" Layout of Ships Anchorage' (f. 72);
- 'Sketch "E" Channel Marking Buoys' (f. 73);
- blue print of 'Area to be Reserved for Permanent Camp' (f. 138);
- blue print of 'SUBMARINE LINE TERMINAL' (f. 157).
The volume also includes: crew list of people on board the Standard Oil of California's tank ship El Secundo , sailed from San Pedro, California, to Bahrain. (folios 149-151) and newspaper cuttings about the discovery of oil in the Gulf. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220). 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.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is encircled in pencil at the top of each folio. The numbering begins on the first page of writing, on number 1, then it carries on until 71, 71A, 72, and it runs through to 225, which is the last number given, on the back cover of the volume. There are also two incomplete foliation sequences.
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- IOR/R/15/2/393
- Title
- 'File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1v:6v, 7v:11v, 14v, 15v:17v, 18v:27v, 28v, 29v:35v, 36v:57v, 58v:71v, 71ar, 72r:73v, 71av, 74r:75v, 76v, 79v:87v, 89v:91v, 101v:109v, 110v:132v, 133v:138v, 139v:141v, 142v:155v, 156v, 157ar:157av, 157v:165v, 166v:177v, 178v:185v, 186v:196v, 197v:220v, v-r:viii-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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