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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [153r] (318/476)
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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be succeeded by Wr. skinner, the present Field ilanager. -
I coulci not) bay how tiiati would bo viewed, li iu were put
up oiiicially, but thought it not improbable that as a
comprouiise it might meet the case. Mr, Baliantyne
oojecoed that kx» Skinner was an junerican. I said that
I recognised tnat that was, of course, the case, and that
while there was no specific term in the conditions of
assignment requiring the Chief Local Representative to be
a British subject we, as ne knew, had always attached great
importance to the post being held by a British subject.
Mr. Ballantyne agreed, if, therefore, Mr. Skinner's name
were put forward and were to be accepted by K,M,G. in
buostitution lor Major Holmes, it would probably be with
a specific proviso that we considered that the post should
ordinarily be filled by a British subject. We should
certainly see strong objection to any suggestion to put In
ah American of whom we knew nothing. But Mr, skinner,
iiiough an American subject, had, we understood, got on very
well with the local officials and population and was,
therefore, known to us ana might be not unacceptable,
ivir, Ballantyne took note of this ana, without making any
definite statement, gave the Impression that the suggestion
was one which might form the basis of a compromise. He
mentioned that Mr. Skinner was, of course, a technical
sxpert and not a statesman. Moreover he had the
disadvantage that he was incapable of telling a lie. I
... ♦
saia that that might not be such a disadvantage from our
Point of view.
8/
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence