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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [89r] (206/496)
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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from the date on which this agreement is put into torce.
This rent must be paid within thirty days from the beginning
of each year, prorided that immediately after the diecoyery
of oil in commercial quamtities no further annud lent will
be claimed or will be liable for payment.
Article 5. is from the date of this agreement coming into
force the Company shall proceed with its plans and prepar -
tions for the geological work and its arrangements for work
so that it m- y take adT ntage of the cold weather in order
to undertake effectual field work, and may carry out the
clerical work and make repprts, etc during the hot season.
In any case the field work shall not be delayed beyond the
end of September 1953. Such work sh. 11 ne energetically
and continuously carried on until the beginning of boring
operations or to the end of the agreement.
Article 6. Within 90 days of the date on which boring
operations start the Company shall surrender to the Govern
ment those parts of the included are; in which it may deside
to discontinue work or which it m y decide to use in another
manner in connection with this undertaking, ihe G.mp.ny
shall also surrender to the Government from time to time
during the perdiod of this agreement such other areas as the
Company may decide are no longer required for prospecting
or examination or for use for £ ny purpose in connection with
this undertaking. All the areas thus surrendered by the
Companyshall be released from the restrictions and conditions ;
ofjS this agreement, but the Company shall h'Ve the permanent
right to employ those areas for the purpose oi transport and
communications, during the duration of this agreement, pro
vided thf t this use of them sh 11 cause onl^ slight inter—
I
ference with the other purposes for which these areas surren
dered by the Com, any c n be used.
Article 7 . The Company shall start boring operations as soon
as it discovers a suit; tie site and in an^ case if the Compsn;
Comp ny
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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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- Open Government Licence