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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [‎91r] (187/419)

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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oonoeaslon hunters would toe given a ohanoe. a a res ait of
this they were informed in Colonial Office letter ^o.22811/1924
of 27th May 1924 that their claim to priority would be
recognised up to the Slot March 1925 and thou^jh they subse-
quently applied tor a furthfcr extension this refused them,
Tide Colonial Office letter ito ,£9139/l924 of the "Oth Tune
1924* Since that time they haTa done nothir^r .n partlouler
on the Arab cuaet till la^t Au^u^t when they askeri per.ii^&i n
to send their ^eolo^iets to i 'wuwalt# -li© jhiilk^
accordea »11 facilities and askod fcr no payment of any kind
except out of pocket expenses foi ne geologists
did some aontha 1 explorti^lon in Kuwait, but last April were
suddenly withdrawn, and I was informed by their General Manager
out here that their Directors had decided that they did not
wish to take any steps to acquire a concession at present, and
a letter in this sense was also written to the shaikh. .olmes
at once gave it out that they had withdrawn their people as a
result of pressure from his coapany* 1 do not suppose it -s
true, but it aoeo dosm with the Arabs. J»ow we get Wilson's
letter in which again no request is made for a concession,
and the Shaikh not unnaturally regards It simply as an attempt
to ride off Holmes and Company, and 1 think he is probably
right. anyhow a private letter from Vaioon to j^ick&ou
hardly seems to me a particularly dosirable manner of dealing
with this quostlon, or one which Is calculated lo Inspire «.he
Shaikh with confidence in the intentions of the company. On
the one i»nd we hare Holmes, *ho presents the Shaikh with
considerable cash presents, motor cars, wireless, euc. and
definitely asks for a concession and Is obviously armious to
obtain one, and, fudging from Bahrain, to exploit it when he
has ...

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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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