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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [‎149r] (308/419)

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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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. told the Jhailch. that he could -o -The?d t
and discuss the draft agreement wit?, himself and Er•Chisholm,
the latter would continue to^ dir: his heals "in, and not
cooperate.
1-r.Gass thereupon left by air for Abadan
on the morning of 22nd. august.
8# Actually befoce his departure Lr.Gass
called on ne and we discussed the various mi r alterations
and additions which I had suggested in my letter iro.140
of 18th August.
Ilr.Gass was most helpful and said th at he
would see that all my sux e stions were, embodied in the draft
agreement next given to the Shaikh, except for (d) and (e)
and (k).
As regards (c.) he would have to refer my xrapc
suggestion to London though he himself was quite sympathetic
and saw my point.
As regards (e) instead of my suggestion
(in brackets} he would use the term after the word "petro-
founc and vjon , etc. This was the technically correct
expression to use and meant all oil brou^it to the surface,
(excluding a minimum of waste mtter).
*
As regards (k) he said he would add to my
suggested sentence a clause to the effect that the majority
of votes would be held in Dngland.
^ I understand tlB.t Llr.Chisholm will call on
you, on Friday 26th August , to explain tiie situation in all
its aspects, but in order to enable the Anclo Persian Oil
Company to rT get on with" their negotiations,
I
with the ohaikh, which are now held up, it seems to
me to be very necessary that you should give their draft
agreement your preliminary "blessing" air authorise me to
tell the Shaikh that you approve of it as far as it goes,
and have no objection to his opening formal discussions
with the Anglo Persian Oil Company's representatives, so

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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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