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'File 86/1 III (D 81) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate' [‎114r] (244/382)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (190 folios). It was created in 14 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933. 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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"to British interests
On Septamlaer 6,1952, however, the American ^bassy,
in a note to the Foreign Office urged that early appropriate
stejs might he taken, that this statement become effective,
and that the American interests involved might he placed
in as favourable a position as a British Oil company in
having its application considered hy the Shaikh of Kuwait.
In acknowledging this note ot September 6, a foreign Office
note in reply stated; "His Majesty 9 8 Government decided
they could not advise the Shaikh to give ureferantial treat
ment to the ^astern and General Syndicate rt # In the opinion
of the Department of State, some misunderstanding may exist,
in the mind of the British Government in this connection,
since no preferential treatment has heen asked for American
interests, n .r has any heen granted#
It may he recalled that the American Amhassador, in
discussing the Kuwait Oil concession with Sir John Simon
last December, pointed out that the ISasLem and G -eneral
Syndicate had initiated and carried on its negotiations
with the shaikh with the knowledge and approval of the
British Government; that the Syndicate had offered the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company the opportunity, over six years
ago, to interest itself in the Kuwait Oil concession which
opportunity that company declined; that according to his
information it was only after efforts to interest the
Anglo- ersian Oil Company and other British groups in the
saici concession that the Syndicate sought to interest and,
in November 1927, succeeded in interesting the American
company since then associated with it in the venture; that
it was after these American interests became associated
with the Syndicate in 1927 that the British Government in
1928 insisted upon the inclusion of a "nationality clause' 1
which

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The volume contains correspondence relating to the draft oil concession agreements presented to the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.).

The correspondence focuses particularly on the individual clauses within the two draft agreements and a comparison of them for the Shaikh in order that he can make an informed decision on which concession proposal is best for his country. The memorandum comparing the drafts is produced by the Petroleum Department of the British Government and two copies of it are contained in the volume (folios 48-64, 153-161).

Also included in the volume is correspondence between the US Embassy in London and the Foreign Office regarding what the US embassy view as unacceptable delays in the amount of time it has taken the British Government to discuss the question of the Kuwait concession and repeating their concerns that the Eastern and General Syndicate will not be compared favourably alongside the British A.P.O.C. proposal. Also outlined by the Foreign Office are their fears that the Government's delays in responding to the US in this matter could potentially affect more serious negotiations in the future between the two countries.

Other items of interest in the volume include:

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1 volume (190 folios)
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The contents of the file have been arranged mostly in chronologically order.

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Foliation: The principal foliation runs from the first folio to last folios and consists of numbers enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner. A second former sequence commences on the first folio of writing and concludes on folio 173, consisting of pencil numbers (not circled) in the top right hand corner. This sequence has gaps. Foliation anomalies: 1A-1D, 21A, 162A

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