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'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia' [78r] (160/386)
The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1933-30 Jan 1935. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE P ROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNME NT
last, relative to the grant of the Hasa Oil Concession to the Standard Oil
Company of California, I have the honour to inform you that the official
announcement was made on the 10th July by Government decree published in a
special supplement of the Umm-al-Qura of that date. The decree, a copy of
which is enclosed herewith, appeared unaccompanied by the terms of the
concession, but announced that an agreement would in fact shortly be published
and alluded to a “ special agreement,” which was also to be brought into force.
2. The Umvi-al-Qura duly published, in two instalments, in its issues of the
14th and 21st July, the terms of the concession, a document of thirty-three
articles, a translation of which I enclose herewith. The concession is to come into
force as from the 7th July, 1933, and active operations are contemplated before
the end of September 1933.
3. From a brief study of the text, the absence of details in respect of the
sums to be paid by the Company as a preliminary payment (article 3), as rent
(article 4), and also the lack of information regarding the exact area to be
exploited, are conspicuous, and in a number of other particulars the text is r
perhaps not unintentionally, vague. The “ special agreement,” to which allusion
is made in the decree, must therefore contain these interesting items of
information, which the parties to the agreement intend, it would appear, should
not be divulged.
4. A copy of this despatch and enclosures are being sent to the Hon. 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire.
WE, Abdul Aziz-bin-Abdurrahman-al-Feisal-al-Saud, King of the Saudi
Arab Kingdom;
After reliance upon God;
And after consideration of the agreement signed at Jedda on the 4th day of
Safar of the year 1352 by our Minister of Finance and Mr. L. N. Hamilton," the
lepresentative of Standard Oil Company of California, America;
with reference to the approval of the Council of Ministers, we give
tne tollowing orders :—
Article 1. The Standard Oil Company of California is permitted to exploit
tne resources of petrol and its extracts that may be found in the eastern portion of
our baudi Arab Kingdom, within the bounds and in pursuance of the conditions
provisions adduced in the agreement signed by our Minister of Finance and
yea/ 135^ entatlVe ° f the Said Com P an y at Jedda on the 4th day of Safar of the
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EASTERN (Arabia).
(Arabia).
August 16, 1933.
[E 4699/487/25]
(No. 235.)
Sir,
I have, &c.
A. S. CALVERT.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
(Translation.)
Supplement to the Mecca Umm-al-Qura of July 10, 1933.
Decree No. 1135.
Concerning granting Petrol Concession.
B
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The volume contains correspondence to and from 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), 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 (Percy Gordon Loch), and 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 Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) regarding matters in Saudi Arabia and their affect, particularly on Kuwait and Bahrain. The main topic of discussion being a concession in Hasa, Saudi Arabia which was contested by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Iraq Petroleum Company, and was awarded to Standard Oil in July 1933.
The correspondence, primarily between HM's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon) includes details of the negotiations and translations of the concession agreement which was published in Umm-al-Qura in July 1933. Also discussed are attempts to obtain information about the special agreement between Standard Oil and the Sa'udi Arab Government which was not published and which contained details of the exact values of the concession, the area covered by it, and a clause relating to the Kuwait-Najd neutral zone concession. Later correspondence also discusses the progress being made by Standard Oil in developing their concession.
Other matters discussed in the file include:
- correspondence from 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 Kuwait regarding rumours that the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) travelled to Najd to meet with Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia, or one of his close advisers to discuss matters including a potential alleviation of the blockade on Kuwait and their joining forces in regards to the oil concession agreement in the neutral zone (ff 6-17);
- a memorandum written by the Petroleum Department about Petroleum in Arabia which covers the topics: Petroleum prospects in Arabia, interested or potentially interested companies, past concessions affecting Saudi Arabia, the present position. The memorandum includes brief summaries of all the key oil companies and interested parties in oil concessions in Arabia (ff 90-91);
- correspondence regarding the prohibition on private planes flying to Bahrain and a request by the Standard Oil Company of California to use Bahrain as their base of operations during their survey of Hasa which was denied, and the eventual decision to allow Standard Oil's aeroplane to land at Bahrain should there be a serious medical emergency involving either their staff or those of the Mesopotamia-Persia corporation (ff 112, 131-133, 155-156, 173-175);
- a record of an interview which Frederick Charles Starling of the Mines Department had with Edmund William Janson of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in which Eastern and General's interest in a possible concession in Asir was discussed along with their activities in regard to previous concessions (ff 147-149).
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 179-187.
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- 1 volume (213 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are
written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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