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18185/33 [No. 271],
No. 105.
ME. J. G. LAITHWAITE ( 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. ).
to
MR. S. I. JAMES (Colonial Office).
My dear James , London, S .W.I, 21st July, 1933.
I am sorry to have been so long in answering Blaxter's letter o£ 26th June,*
enclosing Colonial Office observations on the Bahrein mining lease.
We have no addition to suggest except that in No. 4 of the additional provisions
suggested by Starling in his original memorandum the words " or his duly authorised
representative " might be added in line 1 after the word cc Shaikh."
I am sending copies of this letter to Warner, Moore, and Starling.
Yours, &c.,
J. G. LAITHWAITE.
18135/33 [No. 272].
No. 106.
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. to the SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 25th July, 1988.)
(Confidential.)
(No. 46.)
The Honourable 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. presents his compli
ments to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, and has the
honour to transmit to him a copy ot two letters 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. , Bahrein,
regarding the territories of Bahrein not yet allocated for oil development.
British Consulate-General,
Bushire.
29th June, 1983.
Reference to previous correspondence : To (1) 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. 's telegram No. 17
of 27th June, 1933.t
Enclosure 1 in No. 106.
(Confidential.)
(No. C/223-10/1.)
g IR ^ Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrein, 24th June, 1933.
In continuation of my telegram No. C. 218 dated the 21st June, 1938, I have
the honour to enclose a copy of a letter dated the 21st June, 1938, from Mr. A. C.
Sampson, on behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited.
2. The conversation referred to was to the effect that the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, Limited, would like to make an offer for the unallocated territory of His
Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa A1 Khalifah. I reminded Mr. Sampson that the
matter was one in which His Excellency Shaikh Hamad should be approached through
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. (or higher authority).
3. I showed Mr. Sampson's letter to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad, who came to
see me about oil, just after I had received it, as I felt certain that he either knew, or
shortly would know, that a letter had been sent to me.
4. I think that the letter should be communicated officially to His Excellency
Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa A1 Khalifah without delay, and I also feel (as stated in the
eighth paragraph of my letter No. C/224-10/1 dated the 24th June, 1933) that the
Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited, should be informed, also without delay, that a
* No. 88.
f No. 90.