'Agreement relating to the Kalba Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited' [‎2r] (3/6)

THIS A G H E 3 M E N T dated the eleventh day of April One
thousand nine hundred and forty is
made BET \! E E N HIS IvaJESK.^S aOVERII-GITT THE UNITED
KINGDOM (hereinafter called "His Majesty* s Government*) of the
one part and PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT ( TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) LIMITED
(herelncifter called "the Company" v;hich expression shall where
the context so admits be deemed to include its successors and/or
assignees and shall also be deemed to include any subsidiary
Company) of the other $art*
¥ II E R E A S the Company has obtained a concession from
Sheikh Fhalid, Regent of Kalb a (hereinafter called "the Sheikh")
on the terms and conditions more particularly set out in an agreement
dated the Twentieth December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty
eight (as modified and explained by an exchange of letters between
the parties, dated the Twenty ninth and Thirty first December,
One thousand nine hundred and thirty eight, respectively)
A N D YH2REAS certain responsibilities thereby devolve on His
Majesty* s Government* the Company has agreed with His Majesty’s
Government as follows:-
THE Company shall be and remain a British company registered
in Great Britain and having its principal place of business in
Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at all times be a British
subject*
THE Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh shall not
be transferred to any other company 'v/ithout the prior consent in
writing of His Majesty’s Government, and any other company to which
that agreement may be transferred shall be and .remain a British
company registered in Great Britain and having its principal place
of business in Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at all times
be a British subject*
THE employees of the Company in Kalba shall at all times bo
British subjects or subjects of the Sheikh, provided that, with the
consent of His Majesty’s Government, such persons of other
nationality as are required for the efficient carrying on of the
undertaking may be employed.
NOTv/ITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between
the Company and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native
labour shall be subject to the approval of 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. .
THE Company in all except unimportant or routine matters shall
deal w'ith the Kalba Authorities through a Chief Local Representative
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , who shall be a British subject. The approval of
Elis Majesty’s Government shall be required for the person so designated.
He will be ordinarily resident in Kalba or Bahrein or at some point on
the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and will be responsible for the Company* s local
relations with the Kalba Authorities, which shall, except in routine
or unimportant matters, be conducted through the political
representative of His Majesty’s Government in Bahrein or through any
other person horn 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. may from
time to time designate.
SUBJECT to the terms of the Agreement between the Company and
the Sheikh the Company undertakes at all times to pay due deference
to the wishes of the Sheikh and to the advice of the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and of the Political Officers subordinate
to him,
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