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Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)' [239r] (477/1153)
The record is made up of 1 file (574 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1923-11 Jul 1945. 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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future payments to the new bunk* It is agreed that GoYerraaont
will designate such Beak In ^audl Arabia, or in the United states
of America f or in -Sagiancl, or in Holland, but that no bank in
Saudi Arabia will be eo designated uaiese such bank has a
correspondent in United states of ^erioa, ^ngl<md or Ho land
through which denk transfers of money to £aual Arabia any be
mada. Once the Coatpany has made the proper payment to the
Goremasjnt or has deposited the proper sum to such correspondent
for ti'ansfer to a bunk in ^ucti ^rabia, the Oc»ip*iny uhulX b©
free Mr nil further responsibility in connection with payment.
It is agreed howr&r that the first payment of thirty fire
thousand pounds gold, or its erj iY&lent (comprising the first
payment and the first annual rmiiult shall be made, within
fifteen days after the effective date of this agreement, to a
correspondent in Hew fork or in London, of hetharl ode Trad in*
society (iiederliindsche Handel^.astschappi j) at Jed da, ~&udi
Arabia, to be transmitted without delay, and at the expense of
the uompnny, to said society and to be c^tlivered to the Govern—
ment upon obtaining e proper receipt from the Government for
such payment. If this first payment is not muds in go d, it
•ill b* made in pounds sterling at the current rate of exchange
at the ti*. e the Compr>ny makes the payment to such correspondent.
article 17 .
as soon os practicable after tha date of discovery of oil
in commercial quantities, the Company shall select setae point
within **audi i^rabie for the erection of a plant for manufactur
ing sufficient gasoline and kerosene to meet the ordinary re
quirements of the Oo ornftoat, providing of course that the
character of the crude oil found will pemit of the aenuf&cture
of such products on a com croial fcnacbinss b*>sls by the use of
ordinary refining methods, fcna provided further that the amount
of oil developed is sufficient for the purpose. It Is under
stood that the ordinary roqulrer^nts of the Goverm^nt shall not
include resale Inside or outside of the country. U on the
completion of the necessary preliminary arrungea^nt^, and as
soon as the Gompanv has obtained the Government's consent to
the proposed location, the Company shall proceed with the
erection of such plant, paring e*$eh year following tho date
of completion of this plant, the comps my shell offer free to
the Government, in bulk, two hu dred thou and American gallons
of gasoline and one hundred thousand gallons of kerosene, it
being understood that the facilities provided by the Government
for accepting these deliveries shall not impede or endanger
the Company* s operations.
fhe company, at its o n exp<mae, will employ the neoor, mry
number of guards and guid a to protect ita representatives, its
camps and installations, the Government promise to co-operate
fully in supplying the best soldiers and mn available for this
responsibility, and in fur niching every reasonable protection,
at rates not exceeding those cuatawerily paid by the Goverr amnt
or others for similar services, it being understood that the
expense for such services shall be paid by the company through
the Government.
In return for the obligations assume by the Company under
this contract, and for the payments required from the company
herein* er, the Company and enterprise shall be exempt frost all
direct ancL indirect taxes, imposts, charges, fees and duties.
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This file relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia, particularly the Hasa [Al Hasa] concession between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal). It includes discussion of the following:
- Oil negotiations in Saudi Arabia during March and April 1933, and the reported involvement of Major Frank Holmes in negotiations relating to the Kuwait (also spelled Koweit in the file) [Saudi-Kuwaiti] neutral zone.
- Details of an agreement for the oil concession relating to the Hasa region of Saudi Arabia, made between the Government of Saudi Arabia and SoCal (signed on 27 May 1933), and assigned by SoCal to its subsidiary, the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Casoc).
- British concerns regarding a request made by Casoc via the United States Embassy for its aeroplane to be permitted to fly over Kuwait and Bahrain, as part of a survey of the region relating to its oil concession.
- Reports that Casoc may be interested in exhanging the southern half of its Hasa concession for land further west, and the effect that this might have on Britain's negotiations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
- Reports of the discovery of oil in Hasa in 1935, and the discovery of commercial quantities of oil there in March 1938.
- Reports that Casoc is considering the possibility of laying a pipeline from Hasa to Bahrain.
- Casoc's oil rights in the Kuwait neutral zone.
- The progress of operations carried out in Hasa by Casoc, including the status of its wells at Dhahran.
- An account of a visit made by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to Casoc's site at Dhahran as well as to other areas in the region, in May 1939.
- Details of a loan from Casoc to the Government of Saudi Arabia.
- Reports of Casoc having taken the decision to construct a refinery at Ras Tanura.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda; the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; 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. , the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Petroleum Department; representatives of Casoc.
In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:
- Copies of the oil agreement and a supplementary agreement between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California, dated 1933 and 1939 respectively.
- Extracts from Bahrain and Kuwait intelligence reports.
- The minutes of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Colonial Office on 26 April 1933, concerning British interests in oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (notably Kuwait, Bahrain, Hasa in Saudi Arabia, and the Kuwaiti neutral zone).
- Draft and final copies of a War Office report entitled 'Brief Summary of the Oil Situation in the Middle East, November 1934'.
The date range of the volume is 1923-1945 but only a handful of items date from before 1933. These include copies of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 's correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India respectively, which date from 1923 to 1926 and concern the possibility of oil development both in Qatar and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The file includes three dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
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- 1 file (574 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 575; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)'
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- 7r:11r, 11v:14v, 61v:64v, 97v:101v, 148r:149v, 235r:243v, 250r:251v, 423r:439v, 458v:462v
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