Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [139v] (280/284)
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252
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on the subject of the proposed visit of the Shaikh
of Kuwait to England.
I am, &c.,
8. F. STEWART.
Reference to previous correspondence : Letter 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.
of the 10th
•July, 1933. #
Copies q^so sent to Foreign Office and Petroleum Department.
Enclosure in No.. 278,
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 Secretary of State for India,
(Received 10.50 a.m., 10th July, 1933.)
Telegram.
10th July . Addressed to Secretary of State for India and repeated to!
Government of India, 539. My telegram of 8th instant, 530. Shaikh of Kuwait has
intimated that he has abandoned proposals to visit England.
18119/33 [No. 172].
No 279.
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 17th July, 1933.)
(Confidential.)
CNo. 43.) British
Residency
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and Consulate-General,
Sir , Bushire, 27th June, 1933.
In continuation of my telegram No. 14, dated the 21st June, 1933, t I have the
honour to report that in addition to the item mentioned in that telegram, in the interview
which Colonel Dickson and I had with the Shaikh, I took the opportunity of reminding
the Shaikh of the considerations contained in your telegram No. 9, dated the 22nd
December, 1932,| i .e., " the Shaikh should be made fully aware, i .e., by oral
explanation, that if concession is granted to Eastern and General Syndicate it means
that it will be transferred to a Company controlled by foreign capital even though
nominally British and subject only to whatever measures of over-riding British control
may hereafter be decided upon; while concession to Anglo-Persian Oil Company will
ensure entire British control." I also reminded the Shaikh that whoever got the
concession His Majesty's Government would have various safeguards for inclusion in
the agreement. The Shaikh—so Colonel Dickson informed me—had again shown
signs of trying to keep him—Colonel Dickson—in the dark about the oil negotiations.
I again reminded the Shaikh of the necessity of keeping 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.
" informed
on this matter (in this connexion see paragraph 2 of my Express letter No. C-13, dated
6th February, 1933§ (copy forwarded to the Government of India under
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
printed letter No. 0-15 of same date),
2. I asked the Shaikh how he felt about the communication which I understood
Sir John Cadman had made to him on the latter's visit to Kuwait, i .e., that if the
concession went to the American Company the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited
in their own interests—would be compelled to make a local " oil war 55 on the said
Company. The Shaikh confirmed that this communication had been made to him bv
Sir John Cadman, and also by Mr. Elkington, who was then in Kuwait, but that he—
the Shaikh—felt that this concerned the American Company and not himself. The
Company (supposing they got the concession) would have to pay him the sums, and
the royalties, due under their agreement, and if by reason of the " oil war " they
were unable to carry on their work, their plant, &c.—under the agreement would
become his property, and he could lease the concession to some other Companv. There
seemed to me a good deal in what the Shaikh said.
3. I informed the Shaikh that I had heard that there was considerable dissatis
faction amongst the numerous members of his family as he was keepino- them
completely in the dark as to his oil negotiations. He was, of course, the Ruler, but
* No. 275. f No. 2C>9. J No. 198. § Np. 233
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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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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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