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'File 82/27 VIII F 91 QATAR OIL' [‎65r] (142/468)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (230 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1935-15 May 1937. 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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EiZi 6307/36
/78
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BUSH'RE 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. ?!
No ?^ 2 /.,.
Date.
COi^FiD^TiALRG
PETROLEUM CONGSSSIONS LIMITEgr'"
CITY-GATE H0US1,
PINSBURY SQUARE, E.G. S.
31st August 1936
Dear Mr.Walton#
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lusion in the Qata;
Mr#Skliros promised in his letter dated May 89th to
revert later to the subject of your proposed formula "binding
the Company {or, as it may "be, Companies) to erect a
refinery on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , as part of
the Political Agreement between it, or them, and the
Government#
He has been unwell lately and his attendance at the
Office is, for the time, very irregular. He has asked me,
therefore, to deal with the matter on his behalf.
As he feared, the Board did not find
^ acceptable the clause which you proposed in your letter
Z.3010/36, dated May 26th
The formula agreed fo^in:
Agreement of June 5th^ / 1.936, makes the erection of a
refinery conditional upon (a) commercial production being,
in the Company^s opinion, assured, and (b) commercial
conditions justifying such a step# As regards (a), ycur
Draft of May 26th generally meets this point. As regards
(b), this is evidently the crux of the matter. If the
Political Agreement, as ultimately signed, does not make
the refinery conditional upon commercial considerations, it
seems tint it would be tantairfcrnnt to saying "the obligation
to erect refineries is absolute, even though quite
unjustified by commercial considerations, and therefore
liable to involve the Company in heavy loss"
3ENTTO h
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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 Bahrain and 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, Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives and ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Sheikh of Qatar, in regard to the oil concession and the beginning of the oil exploration in Qatar. The volume includes: Programme of operations in Qatar from November 1936 to May 1937 (folios 110-118) and 'General and brief note on the water drilling operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Qatar' (folios 209-212).

There are some letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Qatar.

Extent and format
1 volume (230 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 215-221). 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.

There is also an brief index at the beginning (f. 2) indicating the main topics covered in the volume.

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The main foliation is written in pencil, 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, then 2-37; 38 and 38A; 39-55; 56 and 56A; 57-198; 199 and 199A; 200 and 200A; 201-217; 218 and 218A and it carries on until 225, which is the last number given to the back cover. There is also a second foliation sequence, incomplete.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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