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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [‎81r] (167/419)

The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 30 Oct 1925-27 Sep 1932. 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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• SI, 7 ^ 82/1.
Telegram; R.
Brom;
To;
No. 3.
Dated 9th. 5 received 10th } Hay 1932.
Secretary of State for the Colonies,London.
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. , Bushire.
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Kuwait Oil.
Reference copy of note of April 9th. from Foreign
Office to American Charge d^ffaires, sent to you from India
Office by air mail of April 22nd.
You should explain to Shaikh that as regards
application of Eastern and General Syndicate Kis Majesty's
Grovemment for their part do not insist upon confining concession
to a purely British concern and that he is fit liberty to dispense
with this condition or not as he feels best. his Majesty's
Government do not wish to influence him one way or the other
on this poj.nt and you should be careful to avoid any appearance
of desire to influence his choice. - ou v ill see however that it
has been made clear to the American Embassy that His Majesty's
Government * s decision does not imply agreement in immediate grant
of proposed poncession to Syndicate. His Majesty's Government
do not consider they could properly advise Shaikh to give prior
or preferential treatment to Syndicate but hold it to be necessary
that any application for a concession from any quarter be examined
avith a view to deciding .vhich, if any, will Oes- serve interests
of Shaikh, Jraft concession submitted by Syndicate would in
any case need considerable revision both in respect of provisos
designed to safeguard interests of His Majesty^ Government
* and ...
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, 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 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 Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects are the negotiations for oil concessions mainly in Kuwait, but also in Bahrain and Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia] against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes, and a geological exploration of Kuwait by APOC.

The volume also includes a draft agreement on the oil exploration license in Kuwait, in Arabic and English, dated 13 August 1932, between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, and APOC (folios 120-131), and a Map of 'Kuwait Bay' on folio 132A.

Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential and there are some documents in Arabic.

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1 file (204 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3, and notes at the end (folios 193-199).

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The main foliation is in pencil, encircled and in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1, then 1A and 1B; 2 and 2A; 3-128; 129 and 129A; 130, 131, 132 and 132A and then it carries on until 203, which is the last number given on the back cover. A second foliation sequence runs between ff. 3-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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