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'File 86/1 VII (D 101) Kuwait Oil' [180r] (374/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1934. It was written in English. 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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p.Z. 3814/34.
KOWEIT OIL ,
The following are the main differences between
the draft Koweit Conmercial Concession which the Company
authorised its representatives in Koweit, after discussion
with the interested departments in London, to put forward,
and the. u nauthorised draft put forward hy iViainr Hnimfi .c!
and Mr. C hlshol rn in the early part of toy» The
unauthorised draft is referred to rr nrAft it was
received from Koweit "by the Kuwait Oil Company under cover
of a report dated 16th May.
Article 2(c) Add; "The Company shall keep the sheikh
and his London representative informed generally as to
the progress and result of its drilling operations, hut
such information shall he regarded as confidential".
Article 5(h) For "royalty on Koweit petroleum exported
from or sold for consumption in Koweit" there is
substituted; a royalty on Koweit petroleum "won and saved
by the Company in Koweit".
Anew definitory suh-clause (d) is added, to the
effect that royalty is payable "on every English ton of
2240 Ihs. of net crude petroleum won and saved hy the
Company from within the State of Koweit, that is after
deducting water, sand and other foreign substances and
the oil required for the customary operations of the
Company's installations in the sheikh's territories".
A new suh-clause (e) in the following terms is also
added; "within each calendar year as from the date of
signature of this Agreement the Company shall pay to the
Sheikh the sum of Hs.5000, in lieu of 5000 gallons of motor
s Pirit 3 annually, hut after the declaration hy the Company
that petroleum has heen found in commercial quantities then
^e Company, in lieu of the ahove payment of Ks.5000 per
annum/
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The volume contains correspondence 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. at Kuwait (Harold Richard Dickson); 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); Officials in the India and Foreign Offices (including Sir Louis Kershaw, John Gilbert Laithwaite, George Rendel); the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Air Ministry (Wilfred Ashton McLaughry); the Air Office Commanding, Iraq (Alexander Duncan Cunningham); and representatives of the Kuwait Oil Company (Frank Holmes, Archibald Chisholm), Arabian Development Syndicate, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and Iraq Petroleum Company.
The correspondence relates primarily to the Kuwait Oil Company's negotiation's with His Majesty's Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait for the Kuwait (also given as Koweit) Oil Concession, focusing on discussions around clauses in both the Commercial and Political Agreements and the Shaikh's concerns over how certain clauses may be perceived both within his own country and in neighbouring ones.
Also discussed are developments in Saudi Arabia with regards to their share of the Nejd-Kuwait Neutral Zone Oil Concession, which was being competed for by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Arabian Development Syndicate, and the British Government's opinions on the situation and their intended approach with regards to the Kuwait share of the concession. The information relating to the Saudi Government's approach to the concession is relayed through letters and reports from Sir Andrew Ryan, HM Minister at Jedda, and contain details of his discussions with representatives of both the Saudi Government and the oil companies.
The correspondence also includes a discussion relating to land at Shuwaikh, identified by the British Government for possible use as an air base, and includes negotiations over the cost of renting the site or the possibility of reserving it for future use. Also included are details of reconnaissance undertaken by the Air Officer Commanding for alternative sites, which was unsuccesful, and correspondence regarding the use of Kuwait Harbour for flying boats and the need to identify suitable locations in the Harbour for moorings.
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- 1 volume (249 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of this volume have been arranged mostly in chronological order.
Folios 236-241 contain file notes detailing each letter contained within the volume, and giving the page numbers each letter commences on enabling the notes to be used as an index.
Some of the letters refer to earlier correspondence in previous volumes, and provide a page and volume reference in order for the earlier correspondence to be identified.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. The foliation sequence commences on the first folio after the front cover, with 1A and concludes on the back cover with number 246. Foliation anomalies: 1A-E.
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- 'File 86/1 VII (D 101) Kuwait Oil'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:54v, 55v:153v, 172v:245v, 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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