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'Oil Concessions' [308r] (625/734)
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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3/251/91«
-Foreign Office.
S. W. 1.
ath August 1929,
Sir»
I am direGteu "by Mr. Secretary Henderson to
acknowledge the receipt of your, letter No 690S5/29 of
August Srd, relative to tlie conditions wtiiali it is proposed
to attacrb. to ttie participation of United States capital in
tn.-i exploitation of oil in Baiirein.
z. In reply, I am to request you to inform Lord
passfield that the Secretary of State has no objection to
offer, so far as his Department is concerned, to the
revision of the fourth condition proposed "by His. Majesty's
GoTfsenmant in the maaj^ner suggested "by tha Colonial Office
representatives at the meeting of July Slst with represent
ative af the Eastern and General Syndicate.
3. As regards the question raised in the latter portion of
paragraph 4 of your letter-, I am to state that Mr Henderson
do is nou attach importance to the precise designation to
be given to the Srifeish official of the Oompany at Baiirein,
so long as it is made clear that that official only may
1
have suGcess" to the Sheikh and is the responsihle
represent active of the Oompany for the purpose of all
dealings with the Sheikh and his people.
Copies of this letter are being sent to the India
Office, Petroleum Department, Admiralty, War Office,
Air Ministry and board of Trade.
I am.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sgd) Monteagle.
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial office.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/97
- Title
- 'Oil Concessions'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:15v, 16v:18v, 19v:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:36v, 57r:60v, 62v, 63v:64v, 66v:90v, 91v, 92v:95v, 96v:97v, 101v:103v, 104v, 126v, 153v:154v, 155v:156v, 158v:162v, 185r:190v, 191v:192r, 193r:194v, 195v:196v, 197v:202v, 203v:209v, 210v, 212r:220v, 225v:231v, 266r:282v, 283v:305v, 306v:319v, 320v:323v, 325v:363v, 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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