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File 10/5 II Hasa oil: CASOC's activities in Hasa; development of Ras Tannura; Political Agent's visit to Hasa [156r] (316/656)
The record is made up of 1 volume (326 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1935-26 Mar 1941. 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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All these arguments can be met and the fight between the
opposing views goes on, but meanwhile the "big producers*
have their way and soon it wilX be too late to change.
might add here that His Majesty's Groverument 1 s decision to
allow the Shaikh of Bahrain to grant the Unallotted Area to
the Bahrain Petroleum Company arrived only just in time to
enable the Company to repel a strong attack on Bahrain pro-
duction by C»A.3»0«U» Ibn Saud having seen one tanker loaded
at has ianure said he would like to wait and see some more,
and this could only have been done at the expense of Bahrain.
As things have turned out, 1 am optimistic that Bahrain is
fairly safe for 20,000 barrels a day, which is actually mors
than the minimum called for in the recent negotiations. How
Arabian production (in excess of about 26,000 barrels a day)
is to be absorbed I do not know.
11. The Company^ geologists and surveyors have traversed
an immense field covering the whole of Hasa, and some of then
have bean as far south as the Rabs Khali and others tip to
Buralda and Hail. As you know, one of their parties has also
been surveying the Saudi-Iraq frontier. There are at least
a thousand kilometres of graded track in existence (some of it
very much the worse for wear after the King 1 s 350 motor vehicles
have pasaed over it). Numerous water wells have been drilled in
various parte of the country, some of them producing excellent
water which an American or an European can drink without serious
damage to his interior.
12. The country is amazingly green. Dharan itself marks more
or loss the northern extremity of the Jafurah ( sandy desert with
dunes). Northwards is the coastal belt of U as-sudah", a plain
with a fairly thin cap of sand, interspersed with sabakhas or
soft salty depressions with a thin, comparatively hard crust
over marsh. In the north this merges gradually into a gravel
plain as one goes westwards, while further south the country
rises/-
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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 on the oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the activities of California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) in Hasa, Saudi Arabia, and the development of the port and the refinery at Ras Tannura (also mentioned as Ras Tanurah). There are also documents on 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. 's visit to Hasa, in May 1939, including his report (folios 149-157). Also of interest: 'Copy of text of "Oil" Agreement between the "Standard Oil of California" and H.M. King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud' (folios 21-30).
There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-322).
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- 1 volume (326 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-322). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
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The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner. The numbering begins with the first (5th folio from the front) and ends with last page of writing (4th folio from the back). Between 103-112 and 173-179, folios are paginated on both sides.
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- File 10/5 II Hasa oil: CASOC's activities in Hasa; development of Ras Tannura; Political Agent's visit to Hasa
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:20v, 30v:36v, 37ar:37bv, 38r:59v, 60v:61v, 63r:72v, 74v:93v, 94v:102v, 113r:127v, 130r:172v, 179r:179v, 181v:188v, 189v:200v, 201v:202v, 204v:206v, 207ar:207bv, 208r:210v, 211v:217v, 220v:222v, 223v:230v, 231v:235v, 238v:241v, 242v:244v, 245ar:245bv, 248v:249v, 250v:252v, 255v:256v, 259r:260v, 261v:263v, 264v:266v, 268v:271v, 272v:273v, 275v:278v, 279v:282v, 285r:288v, 289v, 291r:291v, 294v:323v, iv-r:v-v, back-i
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