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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [‎212r] (439/630)

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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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erienoed in getting the SUeikh to agree to our terras it
would inroortant to devise some means of avoiding the
impression that pressure vyas "being brought to "bear upon him in
tlis interests of the A^i^OeG.
Mr, Laithwaite 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. fully agreed
with the proviso to which Mr. Rendel had referred, to which they
attached great importance. As regards the conditions to te laid
dovm, he thought that it would be well to give tiae Company a
fairly clear idea of the nature of the safeguards, etc., which
His Majesty's Government would he likely to require when we
informed them next week of our comments on the revised draft
agreement generally. It was obviously essential that they should
have this information before they concluded any agreement with
the Sheikh, even if such an agreement covered commercial points
only and oonoained the proviso which had been discussed. It
mould not be overlooked that the A.P.O.C. could not conclude any
agreement with the Sheikh without the approval of the 1.2.0. and
that it might well be that safeguards such as we had in view
might be of great importance from the I.P.O. standpoint.
Mr; Starling said that we must take care that the
minimum safeguards etc. which we might pj-eociice, should n
such as to be impossible for the A.P.O.C. acting as they would
be on behalf of the I.P.C. to accept. We must not overlooK: that,
whatever the justification for them, if the conditions laid down
by H.M.G. were too stiff, the I.P.C. might be unwilling to take
up, or to proceed with negotiations for, a concession,
they were themselves unwilling to take it up a position mignt
arise where the A.P.0.0. could not take it up independently. If
that happened we might find ourselves confronted immediately
with the Standard Oil of Californiai He drew attention to the
general principles which had been laid down by the Oabine
govern/

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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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