'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [87r] (188/476)
The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1933-4 Oct 1933. 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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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.
,
WHITEHALL, S.W.I.
5th August 1933.
Dear Starling,
I enclose copy of a telegram from the rolitical
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Resident about Bahrein oil, which is self-explanatory. It
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is, I think, very satisfactory that the Sheikh should he
/ prepared to agree to a strict interpretation of Condition G of
/ the Schedule to the Indenture of 12th June 1930, and this
ought considerably to strengthen our hands in dialing with Holmes
2. As regards Colonel Loch's second suggestion, we
agree entirely as to the adTisahility of all negotiations on
the part of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, whether written or
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oral, being conducted solely through the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
. As
the Resident points out, it is important to avoid any
suggestion that we are discriminating against the Bahrein
Petroleum Company, and apart from this, it is, I think, on
general grounds desirable to concentrate discussions on oil
questions in a single channel. If, as we hope, you agree,
perhaps you will take the matter up with the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company?
3. In this connection, perhaps yoa could let me know
the present position in regard to the Anglo-Persian OiJ.
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Company's proposal in respect of Bahrein oil?
I am sending copies of this letter to Warner, and
to King at the Admiralty.
Yours, &c.,
(Sgd.)J.G. LAITHWAITE.
tarling Esq.,
toleum Department,
Board of Trade,
Dean Stanley Street,
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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, 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. in Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession. The volume also contains correspondence and notes of meetings on the aquisitition of oil rights over an additional area, including the territorial waters of the Bahrain Islands. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah, and confidential correspondence regarding the resignation of Major Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, and the translation of a speech read in his honour by Ali bin Hussein (folios 201-203). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 217-227).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 217-227). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in ink crayon or pencil, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, at the top of each folio. It begins on the first page of writing, on number 2, and runs through to 233, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:v-v, 2r:14v, 16r:18v, 19v:26v, 27v:40v, 41v:50v, 51v:53v, 54v, 55v:96v, 100v:108v, 109v, 111v:114v, 116r:121v, 122v:127v, 128v:130v, 131v:171v, 172v, 175v, 177v, 179v:183v, 184v:192v, 193v:199v, 200v:210v, 211v:212v, 213v:232v, back-i
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