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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [96r] (220/496)
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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rtiole 19 , It is naturally imd* rstood tJoat the Company has the
right to use all the means and facilities which it m<y consider
necessary or tdrist hle to employ so a- to t&k@ advantage of the
rig ts granted to it under she terms of this agreement and so as to
to enable it to fulfil the object© of this enterprise, and which
comprise, mongst other things, the construction and use of ro ds f
campst buildings, constructioiu- and all me: nr of communication,
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and theerect ion and running of m chines, apparatus;, and devices
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connected with the sink ng of wells, trrn&pfcrt, or ©tor ge, or with
the treatment m nufrcture h ndlin^ or export of petroleum and it©
products or &ny other thing which m®y hrve connection with the camps,
buildings or dwellings of the Company 1 & staff, the Company has the
right to Guild and use cisterns, dms, reaerToirs, and basias and alsc
h a the right to build piers, quays f. nd lines for shipment and to
use them tem and all other port iVcilities. it may employ all kinds
of methods for the transport of its employee, Machines and petroleum
and its products. It is understood in all c- p .es th t the question
tee
or employing aeroplanes within the country sh 11/the subject to
another sep rrte agreement. The Company hare th© rig&t to exploit,
taKeif and use wrter imc h rt. i Iso the ri^nt to t^-ke and use any ^ater
which belong to the Government in order to carry out oper tions
in connection with the undertaking, proriaed th t such action does
not cause h ra to irrigation an does not at any time deprive land,
houses or watering places of sufficient water, the Company h s the
right also to take and to m ke use for its oper: t ions connected with
this enter, rise of ny natural products which belong to the Govern
ment. such b soil, timber, stones, lime, gypsum and other m terials
of tnis kind, fiovermaent employees i nd agents (during the . erf or-
such
mance of their offici 1 duties) will have the right to use/rae ns
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oi tr nsport and commurac tion^ s the Gomp. ny m y establish, providt c
thi t such act on does not del y or h mper the oper tions of the
pany indie ted in tia agreement, and does not c use the Company any
m terial expense. ^se by th Government of the me ns of trsnsport
and communications belonging to the Compny during times of n t i on 1
emergency will entitle the Com ? nv tn
^<-31 to just compensation r
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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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- 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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