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Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).' [23r] (45/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 20 Oct 1936-19 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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No.311.
(E 6686/260/91)
Confidential.
7774 I
'REIGN OPPICE, S.W.l.
29th October,, 1936*.
Sir,
I have to invite a reference to my printed despatch
No.303 of the 23rd October enclosing a copy of a letter
of 22nd October from Major Longrigg to Mr. Rendel, and to
connected correspondence regarding the desire of Petroleum
Concessions Limited to obtain an oil concession in the
Rub'al Khali area.
quotes what purports to be the text of Article 2 of an
Agreement between the Standard Oil Company of California
and the Saudi Arabian Government defining the area covered
by the Company’s concession. Article 2 of the text of
the concession, as end ted in Mr. Calvert's despatch No.
235 of the 25th July, 1933, runs "The zone which is subject
”to the full right referred to in Article 1 of this
’’Agreement has already been agreed upon between the two
“contracting parties". Moreover Mr. Calvert drew attention
in his covering despatch to the lack of information con
tained in the conooasion regarding the area to be exploited
and to the apparent intention of the parties to keep the
precise area secret. In these circumstances I shall be
interested to learn whether you have any information tending
to coniirm the accuracy or otherwise of the definition
quoted by Petroleum Concessions Limited.
Sir Reader Bullard, K.C.M.G., C.I.E.,
You will observe that Major Longrigg’ s letter
3 .
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This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are the prospect of Petroleum Concessions Limited securing an oil concession for territory in the Ruba' al Khali, and the extent of the territory covered in the concession secured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1933.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); Major Stephen Hemsley Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited; officials of the Foreign Office, 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. and the Admiralty.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (38 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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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- Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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