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Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate' [24r] (47/54)
The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in 10 Nov 1936-6 Mar 1937. 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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PKTROLKim CONCESSIONS LIMITED
Copy*
City-Gate House,
Finsbury Square»
London, E*C*2#
21st October, 1936.
PC*44/178•
My dear Blaxter,
I undertook, ai'ter our conversation at your office
yesterday afternoon, to put on paper the substance of the request
which I had made*
to conduct, under the best achievable conditions, a geological
reconnaissance of all (or as much as possible) of the Aden
Protectorate. This desire, I may say in passing, is not based
upon any conviction that oil is present in the Protectorate, out
merely upon our unwillingness to allow so great an area to remain
unexplored.
I understood that you approved of my own tentative
view that itwauld be wiser to confine ourselves at first to
simple exploration, and not to attempt to talk concessions to
Rulers totally unfamiliar with such matters and all that lies
behind them. If in the course of geological reconnaissance
anything were found justifying, for instance, such further
steps as drilling or geoi>hysical work, there would be plenty of
time then to consider the conditions under which such work
could be undertaken.
I explained to you the Company’s desire to be allowed
As the travel from territory to territory within the
Protectorate
K.tf. BLAXTKR ES^.,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
WHITEHALL, S.W.l.
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Petroleum Concessions Limited to be allowed to survey areas of the Aden Protectorate for oil exploration purposes.
The file includes a formal request received from the company, plus details of a meeting held between a company representative and the Aden Chief Commissioner, Bernard Reilly. This includes details of the areas of the Protectorate to be visited; the anticipated means of travel; a request for assistance from the Royal Air Force; the type and duration of exploration license to be granted; and a request that the exploration party be granted the status of formal Government survey party.
The file also contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Air Council, and the Foreign Office, regarding the potential difficulties of according the expedition the status of a formal Government survey party (they wished to avoid setting a precedent). The Foreign Office suggest that the Government of Aden appoint their own surveyor to conduct a survey on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and that the company's exploration team could then informally accompany the Government surveyor.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (25 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1507
- Title
- Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate'
- Pages
- 24r:25v, 16r:19v
- Author
- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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