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'File 82/27 III (F 84) APOC: Qatar Oil' [‎261r] (527/638)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (319 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934. 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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following lixies if haikh of Kuwait abandons his pecuniary
claimB t
Siiaikli of Kuwait iias ?/aived claim and ^lis
Majesty 's Crovernment intend to pursue actively question
of Kuwait blockade settlement of which is imperative,
Courwe of correspondence regarding claims has reveiled
dangerous misunderstanding as a result of direct corres-
-pondence between Shaikh and J-bn idaud. in view of
their special relations with Kuwait nature of which was explained
to Saudi crovernment in 1927 ^is Majesty s Government consider
nutter affecting official relations between ibn fcJaud and Shaikh
should be conducted through sdioxik. their intermediary. 1'his
applies also to neutral zone regarding which baudi Government
hare recently consulted his Majesty s Government but only
after intimating ?theme very considerably to certain parties
on a matter { oil ) which equally concerns Shaikh and therefore
iiis Majesty's Government* Latter have also had reasons for
perturbation as regards relations between ibn Saud and one of
the rulers of ( (^atar ) ed in same articles of
treaty of Jedda. They wish to remind tiaudi Government that
their interests in the matters depends on specific treaties
with them and on fact that their territories within
British sphere of influence as defined by Anglo-Turkish Con-
-vention of 1913 and 1914 which determined eastern boundaries
of flejd as his Majesty's Government have recently had occasion
tQ ' 0 ^ - j united States Government in reply to an
enquiry.
I submit this suggestion with diffidence. 1 f
it were possible to adopt it I suggest communication in form
0 f memorandum from his Majesty s Government, A s suclu it would
Pave the way for action Kuwait blockade question on
whatever line you contemplate. As regards neutral zone it
would be established position that Ibn Saud cannot expect
^ajesty^s Government merely to bring Shaikh into line with
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own premature sa-riuigements with prospective concessionaires.
AS • • •

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The volume contains correspondence and notes of meetings 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, the 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. in London and ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jedda in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). There are documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh of Qatar. Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential.

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1 volume (319 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-311). The notes refer to documents within the volume; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon or ink, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The main foliation is in pencil in circled numbers, in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts starts on the first folio of writing with 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D; and runs through to 312, which is the last number given on the last folio of the volume. There is a blank page at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.There is also another sequence, which is incomplete, written in pencil, in the top right corner, starting with 39 on folio 37 and ending with 299 on folio 312.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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