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'Oil Concessions' [‎295r] (599/734)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1927-16 Sep 1929. 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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fiends) to accept the conditions proposed. 'Sir -
Tobn Slauck'bTjrgh agreed to the amendment suggested.
It was agreed that the Colonial Office should write
the Syndicate setting out the conditions which it
was proposed should govern the participation of Ameri an
gapital in the operation of the Concession and that the
Syndicate would then endeavour to secure the assent of
tlie American oil interests concerned to those conditions
and report the result of their negotiations to the
Colonial Office in due course.
Mr. Janson and Major Holmes were informed that it
was unlikely that His HaCeaty's Government would he
prepared to consent to any further modification of tie
conditions as proposed, to whiah considerable importance
was attached hy other interested Departments of ! T is
rajesty* s Covernment and it was agreed that if the Syndicate
were unahle to induce their American friends to accept
i '
these conditions t e whole question should then oe made
the subject of further discussion at the Colonial Office.
Colonial Office
SOth July ,1929. i
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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 British 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative at Bahrian of the Eastern and Syndicate Company Limited; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; as well as copies of correspondence between the Government of India and various government departments in London.

These papers concern the extension and renewal of and amendments to the Bahrain Oil Concession and prospecting licences; enquiries about the meaning and wording of the concession, particularly regards to customs and duties payments by Eastern and General Syndicate; American influence on Eastern and General Syndicate and Bahrain more generally; and dealings with other oil companies, including the Turkish Petroleum Company and Standard Oil Company of California.

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1 volume (365 folios)
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The file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

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Foliation: There are three inconsistent foliation sequences, which have been crossed out, and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 364, ending on the inside of the back cover.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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