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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [221r] (457/630)
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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16.
tlie Sielkh altogether, so long as it agreed, with the
A .P.O.C. that provisions to govern it satisfactory to
K.M.G. would he Included in the separate agreement to
be negotiated between H.M.G. and the Company.
It was generally felt, and ter. starling in
particular emphasised that the #0»0», negotiating as
they must as agents of the I.P.O., might find
considerable difficulty in accepting in respect of
subsiaiary companies British control provisions such
as were embodied in Ivir. Hearn's redraft of sub-paragraph
1 of article 12 in respect of a transferee company. In
this connection kr. otarling considered that the British
control element in any assignee or subsidiary company
would not be less, and from what Mr, Fraser had said on
11th December there was a prospect that it might be
considerably more than that in the I.P.C. He was averse
from asking in these conditions for a formal guarantee
that it should be as large as possible and in no
circumstances less than that in the I.P.C., and it was
decided not to pursue this suggestion.
Mr. starling said that the points of real
Importance to us were, he thougbt, local exploitation
by British personnel, the right of pre-emption in
time of war, and the refining of any oil won either in
Qatar or in British territory. The representatives
of the Admiralty and trie Foreign Office suggested,
after further discussion, that even if we could persuade
A.P.O.C. and the I.P.C. to agree that any subsidiary
company should be registered and have its principal place
of business in Great Britain, and a British Chairman, the
control/
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (310 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/1/627
- Title
- 'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:80v, 83r:101v, 113r:135v, 137r:137v, 149r:154v, 156r:157v, 168r:194v, 196r:235v, 238r:283v, 286r:307v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence