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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [‎226r] (478/526)

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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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So. 43 of 1933.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. & Consulate-Generait
Bus Mrs , the 27th .Tune 1933.
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Subject : Kuwait Oil,
Sir,
In continuation of my telegram No. 14, dated the
pf 21st June 1933, I have the honour to report that in addition
to the item mentioned in that telegram, in the interview
which Colonel IHckson and I had with the Hhailch I took the
of
opportunity of reminding the Shaikh/the considerations
contained in your telegram No # 9, dated the S2nd December
1932, i.e. w the Bhaikh should he made fully aware,i.e. by
oral explanation, that if concession is granted to Eastern
jl, and General Syndicate it means that It will "be transferred
to a Company controlled by foreign capital even though
nominally British and subject only to whatever measures of
over-riding British control may hereafter be decided upon;
while concession to Anglo-Persian Oil. Company will ensure
entire British control 1 '. I also reminded the ShaiMi that
whoever got the Concession His Majesty's Government would
have various safeguards for inclusion in the agreement o
The Shaikh - so Colonel IHckson informed me - had again
shown signs of trying to keep him - Colonel ickson - in the
dark about the Oil negotiations. I again reminded the
Shaikh of the necessity of keeping the "olitical Agent
informed on this matter (in this connection see paragrajti
i 2 of ay fficpress letter Mo.C-13. dated the 6th February
1933/
h Majesty's Secretary of State
for the Colonies,
TTie Colonial Office,
London.

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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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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [‎226r] (478/526), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/623, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023609367.0x00004f> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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