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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [94r] (193/419)
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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AIR MAIL,
Confldentlal >
D«0»Jlo»346-S of 1932.
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The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Bushlre, the 31dt Hay 1932.
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Will you please refer to rny D.0,1 0,332-3 of the
26th May 1932,regarding the Kuwait Oil,
I have since received a visit from Ghisholra of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, tfho had been instructed to discuss
the matter first with me and then to proceed to Kuwait. He
began by referring to .Vilaon's letter and I told him my views
regarding it, with which I found that he was in general agree
ment, and he told me frankly that their office out here had
never thought that a proposal of that nature was in the least
likely to be occepted by the Shaikh. I said that J thought
the Shaikh was not unnsturally very dubious about their
intentions and that it was essential if they wished to re^iin
his confidence to come forward with a much more definite
proposal. I then went on to say that I really saw no reason
why the Anglo-Persian Oil Company should not come forward
with a definite request for a concession on the lines of the
Bahrain Concession. This would in the first instance not
involve them in any considerable expenditure or commit them to
anything definite. They could ssk for an exploration license
for two years^ during which they would only Jaave to pay the
Shaikh about £ 1000 a year and send some geologists round
Kuwait. At the end of this period they could ask for a
further extension as Holmes had done in Bahrain, and then they
oould take out a prospecting license^ which again would only
involve putting up one rig - a very small matter for a company
like the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The dice were certainly
loaded ...
I#C#C•arkinson,^3 q . ,C.M.G,|0.!B*IS*,
Colonial Office,
London *
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (204 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- 'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:2v, 2ar:2av, 3r:8v, 11v:14v, 16v:18v, 19v:20v, 21v:23v, 24v:25v, 26v:34v, 35v:38v, 39v:48v, 50v:56v, 59v:73v, 76v, 77v:84v, 86v:87v, 88v:95v, 96v, 98r:102r, 102r:102v, 102v:104v, 107v, 108v:114v, 115v:117v, 118v:119v, 129ar:129av, 131r:135v, 136v:137v, 138v:161v, 168v:178v, 179v:195r, 195r:195v, 195v:202v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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