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'File 5/2 II Kuwait Neutral Zone' [8r] (20/496)
The record is made up of 1 file (244 folios). It was created in 4 Dec 1934-28 Feb 1936. 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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(Received under Jedda j rinted Letter No .3111/81/164 of
4th December l934.)
No .359
(3109/81/164)
British Legation,
JEDDA .
4th December,1934.
Sir
The representative in Jedda of the Standard Arabian
Oil Company of California, Mr. W.J.Lenahan, informed me on
the 1st December that he had received, by that day’s mail,
satisfactory news of the grogress made by his Company on the
Hasa Coast. He said that they had now decided to commence
drilling operations, probably early in January, at Dhahran,
a point on the mainland opposite to Bahrain. Whilst this
was the only place at which they proposed to drill at
present, their geologists were busy pursuing their examina
tion of the area of the concession. they were working in
four parties and were now, he understood, in northern Hasa
in the heighbourhood of As-Saffa. They were making good
use of their aeroplane, which they had found invaluable.
2. Mr.Lenahan proceeded to say that they had also come to
a satisfactory arrangement with the Saudi authorities over
the use of wireless telegraphy. He quoted that part oi
Article 19 of their concession which confers on the Company
the right to use ’’all means of communication", and asked
that he had experienced considerable difficulty in persuading
the Saudi Arab Government to see eye to eye in the inter
pretation of this. Now that this difficulty had been
overcome, they proposed to make full use of wireless
telegraphy in their operations. Jubail would be their
centre in Hasa, and I understood him to say that other
p.oints in the field of their concession, where their
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon,G.C.3.1.,etc.,
etc.. etc.
representatives /
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This file contains correspondence pertaining to the negotiations between various oil companies, the British Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the British Government on the initiation of oil extraction operations in the Neutral Zone between Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Some papers include negotiations with the Iraq Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of California.
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- 1 file (244 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 246; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-241; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/253
- Title
- 'File 5/2 II Kuwait Neutral Zone'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:90v, 94r:97v, 107r:107v, 114r:129v, 132r:134v, 138r:161v, 180r:182v, 184r:184v, 186r:201v, 217r:228v, 242r:245v, back-i
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