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Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.' [12r] (24/156)
The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937. 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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PC. 41/300.
Petroleum Concessions Limited
City-Gate House,
Finsbury Square,
London, E.C.2,
3rd March, 1937.
Dear Mr. Blaxter,
With reference to the conversations which we
have had over the telephone regarding the proposed
geological examination of the Yemen, the present position
is briefly as follows s
We were informed by our French Associates in
Paris, by a letter d ted the 8th February, that they had
been informed by the Quai d*Orsay that Monsieur Maigret,
the French Charge d'Affaires at Jeddah, who had been
visiting the Yemen, had obtained permission for the
Compagnie Fran^aise des Petroles (our Associates) to send
a geological party to have a look at the country. They
asked us to take in hand the organisation of the party as
soon as possible, in view of the near approach of the hot
weather, and said they expected to receive more detailed
information very soon.
That detailed information has unfortunately not
yet been received, and we do not know whether the permission
is verbal or written, or what exactly is covered by it.
In view, however, of the desirability of acting on the
permission, if it is in proper form, without delay, we
have decided to send two geologists, who will compose the
party, to Aden, in the hope that by the time they arrive^
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This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:
- Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been granted by the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] in 1932 to a man named Muhammad Sa'id Saqqaf (also transliterated as Mahommed Sakaf).
- Details provided by 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. at Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) regarding E R Bailey (formerly associated with the Eastern and General Syndicate) and his commercial interests in Yemen.
- Subsequent steps taken by the British Government to prevent Bailey from entering either Yemen or the Aden Protectorate.
- Details of a draft oil concession, which Petroleum Concessions Limited proposes to submit to the Imam of Yemen.
- Details of a proposed geological examination of Hodeida, in Yemen, reportedly approved by the Imam of Yemen, which is to be conducted by the French company, Compagnie Française des Pétroles.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: Bernard Rawdon Reilly as 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. at Aden, and later, Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; Petroleum Concessions Limited; the Imam of Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office and the Admiralty.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (76 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 77; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.'
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- 12r:13v, 23r:23v, 32r:33v
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- Petroleum Concessions Limited
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