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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [‎54r] (128/526)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1933-30 Jun 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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82/1 & 86/1
r\ )
\^T
Telegram P.
Erom H.M's. Secretary of State for the
Qolonies, London.
To Political Sesident, Pushire.
Dated 14th (received 15th ) March 1932.
11
Private and Personal .
Anglo-Per si an Oil Oompany have also strongs-
urged desiratsiHty, in their interests / of meeting
Shaikh mx iBimediately over date gardens and
"blockade. While, however, we are doing our
utmost in interests of Shaikh to expedite decision,
1 fear it would he optimistic to hope for settlement
in near future. Moreover, anxious as we are that
Company should secure this concession if this can he
done without violating outT pledges to the
Americans, I feel that it is most Mx important to
deal with it on a commercial "basis and that their
"best hope of securing it lies in making an offer to
the Shaikh definitely more attractive than that put
up "by the Syndicate, in which event I hope that he
would not he so shortsighted as to allow either of
ahove questions to influence his decision. Oompany
are accordingly "being informed that removal of
political ohstacles cannot "be looi(ed for in the near
future hut that in any case question is, in our
view, one to he dealt with essentially on a commercial
hasis and that it is for them to consider what
steps they should take to cogmter activities or
offers of their competitors.
As regards time factor, position is now
rather altered. We were originally anxious to
secure the earliest'possible decision. But a new
factor has since heen introdticed hy cancellation "by
Persian/

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary of State for the Colonies 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. at Bushire, 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. at Kuwait and and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (E.&G.S.) representatives. The main subject is the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait between APOC and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.

The volume also includes some letters, in Arabic and in translation, from and to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and correspondence regarging him being invited to visit London as guest of the Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 73-74). On folios 155A-166 'Final Record of a Meeting held at the Colonial Office on the 26th of April, 1933, to discuss various questions relating to Oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', regarding Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.

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1 volume (259 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 237-244). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; then 2-23; 24 and 24A; 25-45; 46 and 46A; 47-110; 111, 111A and 111B; 112-154; 155 and 155A; 156-176; 177-178 are missing or skipped; 179-185; 186 and 186A; 187-215; 216 and 216A and then it carries on until 245, which is the fifth folio from the back of the volume.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [‎54r] (128/526), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/623, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023609365.0x000081> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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