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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [73v] (148/284)
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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120
C. 98026/32 [No. 50].
No. 140.
The SECRETARY OF STATE to the ACTING
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.
.
(Sent 12 noon, 9th May, 1932.)
Telegram.
No, 3. Confidential . Kuweit oil. Reference copy of note of 9th April* from
Foreign Office to American Charge d'Affaires sent to you from
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.
by air mail of
22nd April. You should explain to the Shaikh that as regards the application of the
Eastern and General Syndicate His Majesty's Government for their part do not insist
upon confining the concession to a purely British concern and that he is at liberty to
dispense with this condition or not as he feels best. His Majesty's Government do not
wish to influence him one way or the other on this point and you should be careful to
avoid any appearance of desire to influence his choice. You will see, however, that
it has been made clear to the American Embassy that His Majesty's Government's
decision does not imply agreement in the immediate grant of the proposed concession
to the Syndicate. His Majesty's Government do not consider that they could properly
advise Shaikh to give prior or preferential treatment to Syndicate, but hold it to be
necessary that any application for a concession from any quarter be examined with a
view to deciding which, if any, will best serve interests of Shaikh. Draft concession
submitted by Syndicate would in any case need considerable revision both in respect
of provisos designed to safeguard interests of His Majesty's Government and on many
points affecting interests of Shaikh.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company's geologists are being withdrawn from Kuweit, but
this does not imply that Company have lost interest. Company state that they are
prepared at convenient juncture to open negotiations with Shaikh and that they are
at present considering on what basis this should be done.
, Following for your own information at this stage. Safeguards on which His
' ajest^y s Goveinment will insist in case of this concession are (1) Companv to be
Registered in British territory, (2) majority of employees and at least some of the
directois, including, if possible, local managing director, to be British subjects, (3) at
least 50 per cent, of oil obtained to be refined on British territorv (which in this case
must be regarded as covering Kuweit territory) and the plant to be capable of pro
ducing fuel oil suitable for Admiralty use, (4) right of pre-emption in case of emer
gency.— Cunltffe-Lister.
O. 98026/32 [No. 51].
No. 141.
COLONIAL OFFICE to EASTERN AND GENERAL SYNDICATE, LIMITED.
[Answered hy No. 143.]
^ IR ' . Downing Street, 10th Mav, 1932.
AM directed by Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister to refer to the letter from
tins Department of the 25th November, 1931, t regarding the application of the Eastern
and General Syndicate, Limited, for an oil concession in Kuweit, and to inform vou
that this question has now received the careful consideration of His Maiestv's Govern
ment.
, r 2 ; ^ am to refer ' in the place, to the letter which the Shaikh of Kuweit sent
to Major Frank Holmes on the 2nd July, 1931, a copy of which was enclosed in your
letier of the 4th August, 19314 and which you interpret to mean that the Shaikh is
willing to omit the British control clause from any concession which he may be prepared
to grant to your Company, provided that His Majestv's Government are also willing
t * !f re |i t( V t l S > 0mis . sl0 ^ Reeling some doubt as to the correctness of this interpretation
o t e ohaikh s attitude, since the Shaikh has consistentlv expressed himself emphatic-
ally to the local British authority as desirous of confining any oil concession to entirely
.bntish interests, His Majesty's Government caused inquiry to be made of the Shaikh
who replied that he was still averse from receiving in his principality a companv other
than an entirely British one and that he did not consider himself as in any way com
mitted by his letter to Major Holmes to grant to the Eastern and General Syndicate the
* Enclosure in No. 137. t 0. 89178/31 [No. 60] : notTpdi^dT
t No. 107 in Middle East No. 32.
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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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