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'File 5/2 II Kuwait Neutral Zone' [23r] (50/496)
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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arguaents aa ©ntirely sound 9 said hts h’id nevertheless reached
the same conclusion, viz: that nothing should be donefor the
time being* AH1)Klij^ YAff agreed that he would rather pursue
some other line for as long as possible. MR* RK14DKL. continuing,
said that if the Saudi Government should return to the charge
by asking whether His Majesty’s Government had formed any views
regarding Fuad Bey's proposal, it was of course open to ua to
reply ”You must first clear up the contusion which has been
’♦created by your promising the concession to both candidates
♦♦at once’** Mr*Rendel thought however that such a reply would
be liable to expose His Majesty’s Government to ^charge of
cbstructiveness*
26* ME. JOHNSTOMB asked whether the Saudi proposal could nt
be communicated privately to the Sheikh. The Sheikh would
certainly turn it down at once,and we should then be able to
tell the baud! Government that His Majesty’s Government^ in
consequence, thought it useless to go on with the idea*
Mi-l» BEaDKL doubted whether sub a reply would find much credence
with the Saudi Government, and Sir ndrew Ryan pointed out that
the whole proposal might only be an idea of Fuad Bey’s, and not
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one which could be represented to the Sheikh as emanating
officially from the Saudi Government*
27* MR. LAITH1AITE reminded the meeting that the Koweit
oil negotiations must not be overlooked. He suggested that we
might inform the Saudi Government that after examining the past
history of the Jtfeutral Zone and the reasons for its creation,
His Majesty’s Government greatly doubted whether, in view of the
obvious and serious difficulties which a division of the Neutral
Zone would raise, the Sheikh would he willing to entertain the
Saudi Government’s proposal#
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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