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'File 10/9 BAPCO-ARAMCO OIL PIPE LINE FROM MAINLAND TO BAHRAIN' [‎8r] (19/152)

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The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1944-23 Aug 1949. 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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10/19.
Telegram
From
To
Repeated
No.
S.
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. , London,
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. , Bushire,
Government of India, New Delhi.
Political Ageht, Bahrain.
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. , Kuwait.
3798
IMPORTANT.
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Dated the 14th received the l^th February, 194-4,
My immediately preceeding telegram.
Following is repetition of Jtedda telegram No,41
begins:
Saudi Arabian Government informs me that >representati
ves of Casoc raised three points with Ibn Saud in Riyadl^as follows:
(a) Permission to change name of Company to " Saudi
Arabian-American Oil Company present name causes confusion with an
existing subsidiary, Ibn Saud agreed,
(b) Permission to construct a pipe line from Ras
Tanura to Bahrain pending construction of new refinery at Dhahran,
Ibn Saud agreed provided
(1) It raised no question of Bahrain-Saudi execution
and (2) did not affect Saudi interests adversely, H__e
requested to be supplied with a letter to this effect.
(c) They informed Ibn Saud that United States
Government wished construction of a pipe line from Dhahran to »
Meditecranean but they had no information of route to be followed
nor whether so far would be undertaken by United States Government
or Company. Ibn Saud replied that construction of this line
would appear to be in best interests of Saudi Arabian Government
but that he must withhold Company's finality of scheme until he
had been supplied with full details.
2, Presumably the Company's Representative also mentioned
construction of new refinery other than (? mute) as reported above.
- RETAXANDUM -
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams between 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 Bahrain, 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 Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO) on a new refinery to be built in Saudi Arabia and on an oil pipe line to be built from Dhahran in Saudi Arabia to Bahrain.

The file contains maps and sketches of the route: 'Map of East Coast of Arabia showing Saudi Arabia-Bahrein [sic] Pipe Line.' (3 copies on folios 3, 37, 68); 'Map of Reservation for Crude Oil Pipe Line, Bahrain' (2 copies on folios 37B, 70).

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67).

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1 file (73 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , starting on the cover with 1, 1A, 1B; then 2-14, 14A; 15-22, 22A and ending with 70, which is the last number given to the last folio of the file (folios 43, 51 do not exist).

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