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Coll 6/60 'Saudi Arabia: Oil Concessions in Asir and the Farsan Islands.' [‎20r] (39/42)

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The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 30 May 1933-6 Dec 1934. 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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[This Document is the Pr operty of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
Representative of I 0 PoCe left at a moment's notice
for London on May 24th. Representative of Standard Oil
Company, California, secured Rasa concession yesterday
under an agreement which has to he ratified hy doth
sides and will not he published until this has been done.
Addressed to Foreign Office No, 108, repeated to
Bushire No. 122 0
\E \
From SAUDI-ARABIA.
My telegram No 0 65

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This file concerns prospective Saudi oil concessions for Asir and the Farsan Islands.

In a telegram to the Foreign Office, dated 4 June 1933, His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) reports that the recent Hasa concession, which was granted by the Saudi Government to the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, has stimulated interest in the possibility of further oil concessions for other parts of Saudi Arabia, notably Asir and the Farsan Islands. Ryan's telegram also reports that King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], who has been approached by Italian oil companies, wishes to know whether any British oil companies would be interested.

The remaining correspondence reports on communications between the British Government's Petroleum Department and various British oil companies (including the Iraq Petroleum Company, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Shell Group, and the Eastern and General Syndicate) regarding those companies' interest (or lack thereof) in pursuing a concession for either location.

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 (19 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 21; 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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