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'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [3r] (16/682)
The record is made up of 1 volume (339 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1942-18 Jan 1944. 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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
Department,
■V
EXPRESS LETTER
[N. B,— This is an ORIGI S AL MESSAGE, sent by post to save telegraphic
expense and undue use of the wires, but intended to he treated, on
receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To
save time and formalities it is worded and signed as if it had been
so despatched,]
Conf iaential
F kom
To
Tlie To 1 i t ical Re s id en t,
Gamp j Bali rain,.
Tlie
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.
,
Bahrain,
K
No. G/320. Dated 6th April 19 42. •
Reference your Printed Letter Ho. C/394 dated the 31st
.>•
March 1942.
2. Please let me know the ^ornpan^; s j^rcsen %. late O j . xo
duct ion. In September 19^1 production v/as reduced to
5 ,000
"barrels per day, the previous figure having been something over
19,000 "barrels per C ay. 0n the 29 tiyVece rib er the Company
U
stated that the rate was to he increased to 25,000^ barrels but
it was apparently only increased to 10,COO barrels fpr, a pence
of two months - vice your Liemorandun 1-o» C/4. dated tne x-rc Janu
ary 19 42. This is the latest information I have about the
production rate except that from the Chief Local Representative^
1 etter IIo• Cpn-993, dated* the 51st March 1942, copy of which was
f or warded under your Printed Letter ho - C/407 dated the 3rd April
1942, it appears that it is not proposed to exceed the rate ol
20,000 barrels a day in the future for the duration of the war.
Sd. W.R.
- & v
\r
fi. 6.
ATTESTED .
MM'—501 S&P—(M-820)—23-7-36—300,000.
for Secretary to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Pol i tical Res id en t i n title
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
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The volume mainly contains correspondence 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. in Bahrain, 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. in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the protection of oil fields in Bahrain from sabotage and bombing and on the decrease of the oil production during the World War Two. It contains monthly details on shipment of oil from Bahrain and on petroleum products exports, and semestral abstracts of accounts and statement on royalties for the period 1942-1943.
There are maps and drawings by BAPCO:
- 'A reservation for an overhead salt water line for refinery use' (f. 186);
- map of 'Location of Fish Traps south of Sitra Island' (f. 187);
- drawing of 'Proposed Causeway & Materials Pier Sitra' (f. 288).
There is an index with notes at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (339 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 301-322. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red ink, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The main foliation starts on the first page with writing (4th folio in volume) with number 2. The numbering is in pencil, encircled, in top centre of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ; the sequence starts with 2-24; then 25A,25B; 26-219; 220, 220A-220J and ends on 322, which is the last number given, on the last page of writing.
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- IOR/R/15/2/405
- Title
- 'File 10/1 XVIII Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 3r, 8r:9r, 11r, 31r, 39r:40r, 43r, 52r, 54r, 57r, 62r:63r, 69r:70r, 72r, 82r, 92r, 96r, 98r:99r, 102r, 104r:105r, 110r, 113r, 120r:121r, 124r, 132r, 139r, 153r, 168r, 169r, 177r, 197r, 199r, 201r, 203r, 210r, 217r:218r, 220ar:220fv, 238r:240r, 248r:249r
- Author
- Anderson, Ward P
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