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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [‎262r] (539/592)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1933-26 Nov 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Bj- Air Kali.
No.i".Z.7467/32.
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. ,
WHITEHALL,3.¥. 1.
17tti Noveiiiber 1933.
My dear Fowle, P. HI
Many thanks,.your confidential d.o. ot 31st
Qctoher N o .17 <3£- S , aldout -Bahrain Oil,
2. As regards paragraph 2, I am sorry that tie record
at the interview with Ballantyne did not make the
position clear. As explained in paragraph 7 ot the
i 1
Secretary of State's telegram No.2810 of 12th Kovemoer, ||
construction (a) is, of course, correct. We attach
the greatest importance to maintaining the Political
Agent as the sole channel for any communications,
whether written or oral, oetween the Shaikh ana/ or
Liis representatives and the Bahrain Petroleum Company,
ana woula see very strong objection to any direct
dealings with the Chief Local Hepresentative.
3. T need not deal with the remaining paragraphs
of your letter as they are covered hy the official
telegraphic correspondence which has since passed;
though I may add, with reference to your telegrams
T/lOo of 16th November and T.107 of 17th November,
which we have just received, that, as you ^vill see from
M
the papers sent you by this week's air mail, the
opportunity of a telephone conversation with Ballantynell
^ (f.tol
on ihe lot:, Ncvealjer (l-.Z."436/33) was taken to impress ]
upon him that the Company's whole position in regard
to this concession might be prejudically affected if
the Shaikh felt that he was being unreasonably pressed
as regards the extension.
4. I am sending a copy of this letter to Metcalfe.
^'We Lt.Col.
;/0 yif >C.B,E.,
L - s 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. ,Bahfcaip.
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Yours sincerely,
( sd» )J•0,Lax thwaite.
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The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams 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, 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 Secretary of State for India, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the affairs of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The volume also contains correspondence on the resignation of Major Frank Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, who was replaced by E. A. Skinner. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282).

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1 volume (294 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in ink crayon or pencil, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The main foliation is written in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts at the first page of writing, then 69, 70a, 70b, and carries on until 282, which is the last number given on the last page of writing (6th folio from the back of the volume). There is also another foliation system, which is inconsistent.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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