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'File 5/2 II Kuwait Neutral Zone' [54r] (112/496)
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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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.
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CONFIDENTIAL *
P.Z«2325/35.
NONE IT NEUTRAL ZONE Oil, .
NOTE OF DI3CU33IQN WITH ME* REX JANSON AND AoR. YDLIBI OF
THE. ANABIAN D EVELOPMENT SYNDICATE AT 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.
ON
2nd APFIL 1935 .
Mr. Hex Janson ana Mr. Yalidi called dy
appointment to-day.
On arrival Mr. Yalidi handed me the translation,
copy of which is attached, of a letter dated 20th
Fedruary from the Saudi Ministry of Finance, together
witn the Arabic original. The second reservation in
that letter made it clear that Saudi approval of the
grant of a concession to the Arabian Development
Syndicate was subject to the overriding option of the
o^anaara Oil. I pointed this out to Mr. Yfilibi ana said
that this was precisely what we had thought last year
was probably the case. He replied that he also agreed
that it made tire position exceedingly difficult and that
since the date of receipt of the letter he had had
considerable telegraphic correspondence with jedda. He
had now received the cablegram dated 24th terch, copy of
wnich is attached, which made it clear that the Sauai
Government were not prepared to modify this reservation
before the agreement of the sheikh of Koweit haa been
obtained.
I said that I was afraid that so far as
Government was concerned no progress was possible in
these circumstances. We could not reconmend the sheikh
Of/
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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'
- 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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