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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎32v] (66/284)

The record is made up of 1 file (140 folios). It was created in 1932-Jul 1933. 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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C. 98035/32 [Nos. 167-170],
No. 55.
MR. J. E. W. FLOOD ( C olonial O ffice)
to
[1] ME. C. F. A. WARNER (F oreign O ffice).
[2] MR. J. G. LAITHWATTE (I ndia O ffice).
[31 COMMANDER J. W. RIVETT-CARNOC (A dmiralty).
[4] MR. F. C. STARLING (P etroleum D epartment).
'[Answered [4] by No. 56.]
Downing Street, 20th December, 1932.
D ear [W arner ] [L aithwaite ] [R ivett- O arnac ] [S tarling], i ] „
I am sending over officially copies of a communication* which I have ia( rom
Ballantyne, of the Bahrein Petroleum Company. You will see from that that they are
anxious to get ahead, and want to employ the crude oil which they can raise roi
steam-producing to help out their drilling operations. They are therefore anxious to
get the new agreement out of the way so that they can use the crude oil on paymen -.
Will you please, therefore, do whatever may be possible to expedite the reply to the
previous letters. •
With regard to [To [I], [3], and [4] : Laithwaite's] [To [2] : your] letter
to me of the I5th of December,! I mentioned to Mr. Ballantyne the point that the
Shaikh might make regulations requiring him to publish anything or everything,
and you will see from Ballantyne's letter that the Company is perfectly willing to
stand on the agreement as it is.
I am sending copies of this letter to [To [1] * Laithwaite, Starling, and Rivett-
Oarnac] [To [2] : Starling, Warner, and Rivett-Oarnac] [To [3] : Laithwaite,
Starling, and Warner] TTo [4] Laithwaite, Warner, and Rivett-Carnac].
Yours, &c..
J. E. W. FLOOD
C. 98035/32 [No. 171].
No. 56.
MR. F. C. STARLING ( P etroleum D epartment)
to
MR. J. E. W. FLOOD (C olonial O ffice).
\ Answered hy No. 60.]
(Mines Department), Dean Stanley Street, Millbank,
D ear F lood , Westminster, London, S.W.I, 23rd December, 1932.
W ith reference to your semi-official letter of the 20th December, J I now
enclose our official reply § to your recent letters on the Bahrein Oil Concession.
f have not dealt in that letter with the suggestion made in Mr. Skinner's letter
of the 3rd December|| that we might agree to their using the oil, now being produced,
for the purpose of their operations, pending a settlement of the Supplementary Agree
ment. On the whole I think we had better try to get that Agreement out of the
way, with the alterations I have suggested, because the main point is that they must
have this alteration or they have got to pay for the oil they use. This represents a
concession to them. I can let you have pretty early in the New Year our other points.
One of these will raise again the question of the Shaikh's being allowed to publish
figures of output. Although we gave way on this point in regard to the prospecting
licence I do not consider that we should accept the view of the Company that their
trading interests would be adversely affected by the publication of such figures after
they get their Mining Lease. That is another reason why I should prefer not to have
the measuring clauses carried through to the Mining Lease now. You will see that
* Nc. 53. t No. 54. t No. 55. § No. 57. |] Enclosure in No. 53.

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This file contains copies correspondence regarding the granting of oil concessions in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The correspondence is a mixture of internal correspondence between British officials (from the 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. , Colonial Office, Foreign Office and the Petroleum Department) and correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain and representatives from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

The file is divided up as follows:

Bahrein [Bahrain]

1. Indenture between Shaikh of Bahrein and the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, dated 12th June, 1930. Conditions governing assignment of Concession to Bahrein Petroleum Company.

2. Eastern and General Syndicate's application for a further Concession in Bahrein.

3. Landing Grounds and Seaplane Station.

4. Areas covered by Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.

5. Employment of British Subjects by the Bahrein Petroleum Company.

6. Extension of Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.

7. Chief Local Representative of the Bahrein Petroleum Company

Kuwait

1. Applications of the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for an Oil Concession.

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1 file (140 folios)
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The file is divided up into two thematic sections. The correspondence within these sections is arranged chronologically. A table of contents is contained on folios 2-13

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Condition: A printed pamphlet with bound pages.

Foliation: the foliation sequence is written in pencil, circled, and is 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.

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