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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [136r] (282/419)
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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PERSONALCONF IDENTIAL.
no GM/7
Abadan Refinery.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Fy dear Colonel Fowle,
August 1932.
S.
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May I introduce myself to you in this nersonal letter
and continue the correspondence which v /as so tragically inter
rupted by the death of Sir Hugh ^iscoe. /
I sent you officially in our letter >To.72-C/7 of the
13th August cony of the draft Concession which we were about to
present to H.S. the Shaikh of Koweit.
I have -just received a tcle^ra- ^rom yr. C^isholm
^^^ says u lat 9 as a result of his preliminary examination
of the position on the spot, he pronoses to show the monetary
consideration we are prenared to pay in Ranees and not in Sterling
There is also a small addition to Article 2 which I asked him to
insert at the last moment and after the draft had been desnatched
to you.
I myself am going down to Koweit on Thursday the 18th
to discuss the terms of the draft with His Sxcellency and 1 will
therefore send you a revised copy immediately after these dis
cussions as it may be that they will necessitate one or two other
small alterations.
Acting on the advice of Col. Dickson, the draft has been
woried as simply as possible and 1 sincerely trust that it meets
r iti y, ar anp-roval. . think you will agree that the consideration
we are offering is generous. I hone that these negotiations will
not be nrotracted and x fanoy that I may rely upon your advice
and assistance in the course of them.
I shall, of course, keep you closely advised of any
developments.
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With kindest regards,
v ours sincerely,
Lieut-Col.T.C.7.Fowle, c.n
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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)'
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- 136r, 179r
- Author
- Gass, Neville A
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