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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [‎16r] (46/630)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (310 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1934-1 Mar 1934. 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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11.
Article 13 » It was agreed that the Company should be
asked In suh-paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 to Insert provision
that producing wells or borings should be handed over in
good order and repair and fit for further working.
Article 15 . Mr. Laithwaite suggested that in the
interests of the Sheikh it might be desirable to reword
in lines 7 & 8 after the word "delayed"
tiiis^Eo'fQft: "A period oi such* aelay, together with such
period as may be reasonably necessary in the view of the
for the restoration Sec
Political He siden^'"."TTTlvbula of course be open to the
Sheikh to go to arbitration on the point, but something
less ula.borK.t0 seemed preferable. The meeting agreed.
Article 16 . Mr. Lalthwaite said that 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.
on general political grounds regarded it as undesirable
that the third arbitrator should be nominated by the
Court of International Justice at The Hague. Tney would
much prefer 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. (on whom this
responsibility had devolved in the original draft). The
meeting agreed that this should be put to the Company.
(a) It was pointed out that this gave
us no guarantee as to nationality of any non-Asiatic
foreigners who might be introduced. Secondly, that
serious political difficulties might well arise if the
Company were to import, say, Bahreinis or Iraqis, to
operate the C^itar concession, on the ground that the wages
demanded locally were unreasonably high. It was agreed
that tne Company should be invited to consider the omission
of the words "or demand unreasonable wages". On the
question of nationality of non-Asiatic employees, Mr.Praser
had already made it clear that they could not commit
themselves and it seemed difficult, important as the point
was, to do more than had been done in Bahrein and endeavour
to secure that as large a proportion as possible should be
British.
(b)/

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The volume 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. 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 Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives and 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, regarding the political situation in Qatar, the southern boundary of Qatar and the Oil Concession.

The volume also contains 'Note on conversation on 15 December 1933 with Mr G.W. Rendel, Foreign Office, on future policy in regard to Qatar.' (folios 68-78), draft 'Qatar Concession', 11 December 1933 (folios 102-110) and 'Mr. Williamson's Political Note on Qatar', with genealogical tree of the Al Thani family, 15 January 1934 (folios 125-135).

There are two maps within the volume: a blueprint on folio 148, 'Geological Sketch Map of Qatar Peninsula', produced during a geological survey of Qatar, showing villages, deserted buildings, water wells, roads and routes and a 'Sketch Map of Qatar Peninsula' (folio 285).

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1 volume (310 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 298-302). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is written in pencil 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 begins on the title page with 1;1A; 1B and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 308. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.

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