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'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia' [109r] (222/386)
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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any bank, or having paid the sum to the correspondent of a bank for transmission
to Saudi Arabia, then the Company shall be released from all responsibility in
respect of such payment. It has been agreed that the first payment agreed
upon (i.e., the preliminary loan and the rent of the first year) shall be paid
within a period of fifteen days from the date on which this agreement comes
into force to the correspondents of the Netherlands Trading Society of Jedda
(Saudi Arabia) at New York or London for immediate transmission to the
Netherlands Trading Society mentioned above, and for handing over to the
Government against proper receipt. The expenses incurred in this connexion
will be charged to the Company. If this first payment is not paid in gold it may
be paid in pounds sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the time when the
Company pays the said amount to the correspondent of the bank.
Article 16.
After the discovery of oil in commercial quantities within a reasonable
period, the Company shall choose a place within Saudi Arabia so as to establish
a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
to make a quantity of benzine and kerosine sufficient for the ordinary
requirements of the Government, provided that the crude oil found is of a nature
adequate for such manufacture on a commercial basis by ordinary processes of
refining, and that the oil produced is adequate for these purposes. It is
understood that the requirements of the Government will not include sales on
their part inside or outside Saudi Arabia.
The Company shall proceed to establish this
factory
An East India Company trading post.
after completing the
necessary preliminary arrangements, and after obtaining the Government’s
approval of the place which they suggest. During each successive period of one
year following the date of completion of the establishment of this
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, the
Company shall supply to the Government, in bulk and free of charge,
200,000 American gallons of benzine and 100,000 American gallons of kerosine.
It is understood that the methods adopted by the Government in taking delivery
of these quantities shall not hamper or endanger the operations of the Company.
Article 17.
The Company shall employ at its own expense the number of guards and
guides needed for the protection of its representatives, camps, and establish
ments. The Government promise to afford full assistance to the Company by
supplying the best soldiers and men they possess, and making them responsible
for the discharge of this duty. The Government will supply to the Company all
reasonable protection at rates not exceeding the usual ones they pay to them or
to other persons in return for similar services. It is understood that the expenses
incurred in connexion with such services shall be paid to the Government by
the Company.
Article 18.
In return for the obligations undertaken by the Company in pursuance of
this agreement, and in respect of the payments due from the Company as
provided for in this agreement, the Company and the undertaking shall be
exempted from all direct and indirect taxes, dues, charges and fees (including
customs dues on export and import). It is understood that this privilege does
not apply to the sale of products inside the country, nor to the personal require
ments of the members of the staff of the Company. * The Company is not allowed
to sell within the country any of its materials imported free of customs duty,
except after payment of such duty.
Article 19.
It is naturally understood that the Company has the right to use all the
means and facilities which it may consider necessary or advisable to employ so
as to take advantage of the rights granted to it under the terms of this agreement
and so as to enable it to fulfil the objects of this enterprise, and which comprise,
amongst other things, the construction and use of roads, camps, buildings,
constructions and all means of communication, and the erection and running of
machines, apparatus, and devices connected with the sinking of wells, transport,
[991 m—3] b 3
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:28v, 30r:143v, 145r:156v, 158r:175v, 177r:190v, 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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