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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎58v] (118/284)

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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enclose, for your information, a copy of the letter which we wrote on the 14th of
July* last year to the Eastern and General Syndicate and a copy of the third para
graph of a letter sent to the Syndicate on the 15th of November, 1930.t I think I
should explain that the other paragraphs of that letter related to discussions which
had been proceeding with regard to Xuwait. You will observe that the Syndicate was
then asked whether they would be prepared to agree that Major Holmes should reside
for a minimum of nine months in the year at Bahrein.
I hope that this will be sufficient for your purpose.
Yours, &c.,
J. E. W. FLOOD.
18301/33 [No. 2].
No. 112.
ME. H. Pi. BALLANTYNE (Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited)
to
ME. A. C. C. PAEKINSON (Colonial Office).
Dear Mr. Parkinson, 19, Moorgate, London, E.C.2, 3rd February, 1933.
Following our conversation on the 1st instant, I write to record the view I then
expressed, that down to date this Company has fulfilled to the utmost its obligations
under Condition C
Major Frank Holmes, as the Company's Eepresentative for the purposes of
Condition C, has been in Bahrein at all the times required by the Company for
communications with the Shaikh of Bahrein and the local authorities.
I should, perhaps, remind you that whilst Condition C provides for the approach
of the Company to the local authorities through the medium of a representative persona
grata to His Majesty's Government, i.e., it decides the medium of approach, it leaves
to the Company, as necessarily it must, the decision when and for what purposes the
Company approached the local authorities.
I venture to hope that the foregoing explanation answers any question there may
still be outstanding concerning Condition C from His Majesty's Government.
Yours, &c.,
H. E. BALLANTYNE.
18301/33 [No. 3].
No. 113.
ME. A. C. C. PAEKINSON (Colonial Office)
to
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL T. C. FOWLE (Political Eesident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;.
[Answered hy No. 114.]
My dear Fowle , Downing Street, 18th February, 1933.
In his Confidential letter of the 1st of July, 1932, | Biscoe wrote to me regarding
Condition C of the Schedule to the Assent given by the Shaikh of Bahrein to the
assignment to the Bahrein Petroleum Company of the oil concession granted to the
Eastern General Syndicate, Limited, and pointed out that, in his opinion, Holmes was
not fulfilling the provisions of this Condition.
As a result of that letter we took the matter up with Ballantyne, and a copy of the
letter addressed to him was sent to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in our official despatch of the
16th of August, 1932. § We have had no formal reply to that letter, but as a result of
reminders to Ballantyne he called to see me a little while ago with Lombardi and
Hamilton to discuss the position, and at my request wrote me a semi-official letter|! on
the matter, a copy of which I enclose.
You will see that the contention of the Company is that Holmes has been in
Bahrein at all material times—that is to say, that he has always been available when
* C. 89035/31 [No. 8] : not printed. f No. 92 in Middle East No. 32.
| No. 110. § C. 98035/32 [No. 57] : not printed. || No. 112.

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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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