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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [261r] (537/630)
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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2..
T,19 of Hth January) of the provisions of Article 6 of
his Treaty of 1916, and warn him (in,the terms suggested
at the end of paragraph 1 of the enclosed memorandum)
that he will not "be permitted to grant a concession to any
company which is not at least partly British. The
Secretary of State, who is fully alive to the necessity
for careful handling of this question with,a view to
avoiding diplomatic difficulties with the United States
of America, agrees with the Resident that an intimation
of this nature could not he represented as a shutting of
the "open door" in Qatar, since, as Colonel Fowle points
out, the Iraq Petroleum Company, to which any concession
obtained hy the Anglo Persian Oil Company would he
immediately transferred, contains an American element.
(c) that the Resident should further, in such manner
as he thinks "best, but in such a way as to leave no douht
in the Sheikh's mind, inform the Sheikh in so many words
that His Majesty's Government wish to see the concession
granted to-the Anglo Persian Oil Company - Iraq Petroleum
Company combine. It seems pro hah le that a definite
intimation of the wishes of His Majesty's Government is
more likely to secure their acceptance by the Sheikh tnan
if there is room for any uncertainty as to what nis Majesty 1
Government desire, or the view they would take of any
failure to comply with their advice, and prima facie there
would seem to be advantage in a definite intimation uo uhe
Sheikh of this nature. The Resident could at the same time
make such play as is possible with the generosity of the
terms ?» T hich have been offered by the Anglo Peisian Gil
Company and might be authorised to hint, but in vague and
general/
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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