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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [66r] (160/496)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 15 Mar 1932-9 Jan 1935. It was written in English. 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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of compensation for the damage caused to the (iOTernment.
If they cannot come to an agreement upon the amount of
compensation it can be settled by the means of arbitration
provided for in this agreement* fhe Company should then pay
the Government the amount of compensrtion decided by
arbitration within a period of sixty days as from the date
such decision is given.
Article 2B, If any doubt or difficulty of divergence take
place between the Government and the Company in connection
with the interpretation of this agreement or its execution
or in the interpretation of any thing of it or its execution
or in the rights of the two parties or their undertakings*
and in case the two parties fail to settle the same by any
other method the case shall be settled by means of two
arbitrators to be selected by the two parties (each party
selecting one arbitrator) and one chairman to be appointed
by the arbitrators before starting the arbitration. JJach
party should appoint his arbitrator within a period of thirty
days as from the date of the application to be forwarded by
the other party in writing. If the two arbitrators fail to
appoint the chairman the Government and Company should on
mutual agreement appoint the chairman. If they fail to do
this they should ask the Chief of the Permanent International
Court of Justice, to appoint the chairman who will be
considered as chief arbitrator in the case and if the two
arbitrators do not agree upon any suggestion the arbitration
of the chairman (or the chief arbitrator) shall be considered
as final. The two parties should agree upon fixing the place
for arbitration and In case of their failure the place to be
fixed for this purpose shall be the Hague Holland.
Article 29. The Company is not allowed to transfer its
rights and obligations provided for in this agreement without
the consent of the Government but it is understood that the
Company m y have the right to transfer its rights and
obligations provided for in this agreement to another Company
which
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The volume contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 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. in Bushire and 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 on the Hasa oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the negotiations of the Standard Oil Company of California for the oil concession in Hasa and the visit of Major Frank Holmes to Riyadh to meet Ibn Saud.
The volume includes correspondence on the Saudi blockade against Kuwait, two copies of the Hasa oil agreement between the Standard Oil Company of California and the Saudi Arab Kingdom (folios 52-68 and 87-102) and correspondence on the application of the Standard Oil Company of California for permission to fly from Basra to Bahrain, which encountered resistence of 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, against the presence of American companies in Bahrain (folios 121-123 and following).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 212-223).
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- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folio 212-223). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner (between 44-82 the numbering can be found at the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ). The numbering begins on the first page of text which follows 4 blank pages and terminates on the 5th folio from the back; at the rear of the volume there are 4 blank pages. Foliation errors: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1e; 29, 29a and 29b; 137A and 137B; 159A and 159B; 169A and 169B; 171A and 171B; 179A and 179B.
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- IOR/R/15/2/421
- Title
- File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade.
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1av:1cv, 1dv:1ev, 2r:29v, 29ar:29cv, 30r:136v, 137ar:137bv, 138r:158v, 159ar:159bv, 160r:167v, 168v, 169ar:169bv, 170r:170v, 171ar:171bv, 172r:178v, 179ar:179bv, 180r:182v, 183ar:183bv, 184v:191v, 193r:199v, 201r:203v, 204v:223v, v-r:viii-v, 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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