'DUBAI OIL CONCESSION AND CONNECTED DOCUMENTS' [‎9r] (17/20)

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No. 10
Copy of letter from Petroleum Concessions, Limited, to 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. , dated,
11 th Auqust 1937, A 7 o. 433.
Sir,
We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14th August
1937, under No. P.Z. 4377/37 [No. 9J, relative to a concession recently obtained by
this Company for the territory of Dubai.
2. We beg formally to confirm our acceptance, as binding on the Company, of
the arrangements embodied in the letter of 22nd May 1937, under No. T/l, from
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. , Bahrain, to the Ruler of Dubai [No. 3],
3. We shall be glad to receive notice of His Majesty’s Government’s formal
approval of the concession granted to us by the Shaikh of Dubai on 22nd May 1937
[No. 2].
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
for Petroleum (Concessions, Limited,
(Sd.) J. SKLIROS, Managing Director.
No. 11
Copy of letter 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. to Petroleum Concessions, Limited, dated
26th August 1937, No. P.Z. 5431/31.
Sir,
1 am directed by the Secretary of State for India to acknowledge receipt of
your letter dated the 17th August 1937, No. 433 [No. 10], on the subject of the
Debai Oil Concession, and to express on behalf of His Majesty’s Government their
formal approval of the concession granted to the Company by the Sheikh of Debai
on the 22nd May 1937.
2. Copies of this correspondence are being sent to 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. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with a view to action being taken as indicated in paragraph 4 of
Captain Hickinbotham’s letter dated the 22nd May to the Sheikh of Debai.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sd.) J. C. WALTON.
No. 12
Copy of letter from Captain T. Hickinbotham, 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. , Bahrain,
dated the 6th October 1937, No. C/I43-10/12, to Shaikh Said bin Maktum,
O.B.L., Ruler of Dubai.
After compliments,
With reference to paragraph 4 of my letter No. T/l of 1937 dated the
22nd May 1937 [No. 3], I have been instructed by His Majesty’s Government to
inform you that the arrangements set forth in that letter and your acceptance of
them conveyed in your letter dated the 22nd May 1937 [No. 4], have been
communicated to Petroleum (Concessions, Limited, and that the Company formally
confirm their acceptance of these arrangements.
Usual ending,
(Sd.) T. HICK1NBOTHAM, Captain,
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. , Bahrain.
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