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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [‎94r] (189/284)

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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ing to his information it was only after efforts to interest the Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany and other British groups in the said concession that the Syndicate sought to
interest and, in November, 1927, succeeded in interesting the American company
since then associated with it in the venture; that it was after these American interests
became associated with the Syndicate in 1927 that the British Government in 1928
insisted upon the inclusion of a " nationality clause " which for a period of several
years from that date had prevented the Syndicate from consumating with the Shaikh
the concession it sought. Since the withdrawal of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
in 1926, it is only, 1 understand, during this last year (1931-1932) of the Eastern
and General Syndicate ; 's negotiations that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (in October,
1931) manifested further interest in Kuwait. On the contrary, the Syndicate has
been conducting its negotiations with unceasing activity for many years. It may also
be recalled that it was not until April of this year that the British Government reached
any decision to the urgent representations initiated by the American Ambassador in
the latter part of last year.
In a most recent Foreign Office note it was stated that the Anglo-Persian Oil Cbm-
pany submitted a draft concession for consideration in August last, and study of this
Anglo-Persian draft will necessitate further and considerable delay in His Majesty's
Government reaching any conclusion regarding the draft concession which sub
sequent to receipt of the Foreign Offioe note of 9th April, 1932, the Eastern and
General Syndicate submitted to the Shaikh on 26th May, thus renewing its application
for the Kuwait Oil Concession which, as above indicated, it has been negotiating in
association with American interests unremittingly for many years.
With reference to representations made by the American Ambassador to the
Foreign Secretary in December, it may be well to draw attention to General Dawes's
letter to Sir John Simon of 22nd December, pointing out the Mining Lease Act of
25th February, 1920, regarding lands under which British subjects are given the
same treatment as American citizens. The text of this letter reads as follows :—
cc My dear Sir John, London, 22nd December, 1931.
" In furtherance of mv remarks to you the other day regarding the Kuwait
oil concession, I venture to set forth below the pertinent section of the Lnited
States Mining Lease Act of 25th February, 1920, under which you will notice
that British subjects receive the same treatment as American citizens :
" ' (Public—No. 146—66th Congress.)
" ' (S. 2775.)
" ' An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale,
gas and sodium on the public domain.
" 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled. That deposits of coal, phos
phate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and lands containing such deposits
owned by the United States, including those in national forests, but exclud
ing lands acquired under the Act known as the Appalachian Forest Act,
approved 1st March, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 961), and those in
national parks, and in lands withdrawn or reserved for military or naval
uses or purposes, except as hereinafter provided, shall be subject to dis
position in the form and manner provided by this Act to citizens of the
United States, or to any association of such persons, or to any corporation
organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory
thereof, and in the case of coal, oil, oil shale, or gas to municipalities :
Provided, that the United States reserves the right to extract helium from
all gas produced from lands permitted, leased or otherwise granted under
the provisions of this Act, under such rules' and regulations as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, that in the
extraction of helium from gas produced from such lands, it shall be so
extracted as to cause no substantial delay in the delivery of gas produced
from the well to the purchaser thereof: And provided further, that citizens
of another country, the laws, customs, or regulations of which, deny similar
or like privileges to citizens or corporations of this country, shall not by
stock ownership, stock holding, or stock control, own any interest in any
lease acquired under the provisions of this Act.'
"'In discussing this with the representative of the interested company here,
he informed me that the Syndicate concerned has already advised the Colonial
Office that the same nationality conditions as incorporated by the Colonial Office

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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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