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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [‎73r] (160/630)

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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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6.
T- We had now admitted American Interests to
develop tne ^c^iireln concession anu tne door was open to
them in Koweit. on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. our present policy
w&b to ezclude all O j.1 concession hunters^ whether
Bxitish or foreign, on the ground of tne backward
character of the area and the risks involved. No interest
had been shown for many years by any company in oil in
I.iuscat, i/ith riasa we were not ourselves concerned.
No suggestion could in these circumstances be made that
we had refused to agree to an "open door" policy In the
Gulf where oil was concerned when circumstances were
such as to make this possible or had discriminated
^ j against tne U.S.A. But the position in Qatar was quite
l^ peculia r. As already remarked, it was an uncivilised
dM undeveloped Arab sheikhdom, the boundaries of which
were undefined; and which non-Asiatic foreigners could
i at present enter only with the Hesident's permission;
with an unadministered hinterland and a scattered
| population, possibilities of aifficulty with which in
i cVSr:i "' : ' of their contact with foreign labourers or
non-ivsiatic subordinate personnel of the wrong type might
I Ml be consiaerable. If any such trouble arose H.M.G.
F have to deal with it themselves or allow it
I "O dealt with by the foreign powers whose nationals
affected. To allow foreign powers to deal with it
fionu,ox course, be contrary to our general principles
; na this part of the world, ana the Sheikh was, for that
' ' P re eluded oy his treaty engagements from having
dealings with foreign powers or receiving their
-preventatives. Assuming, however, that the responsJbillly
for/

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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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