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'File 5/2 IV Kuwait Neutral Zone' [10r] (19/598)
The record is made up of 1 file (297 folios). It was created in 11 Nov 1939-27 Feb 1947. 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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'V. • -
i
y* 1
inform Petroleum Concessions Limited if he had any intention
of modifying his previous refusal to open negotiations. If,
contrary to expectation, the Shei 1th should fail so to inform
you we should certainly be prepared to take steps, before
approving the grant of a concession to another Company, to
see that you had a reasonable opportunity to make your offer to
the Sheikh.
Yours sincerely.
;ere±y,
(Sgcf.) R. PEEL.
**
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- Content
This file contains correspondence relating to the extraction of oil in the Neutral Zone between Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Most of the papers discuss negotiations between the British government and the ruler of Kuwait, and the various oil companies involved in oil operations in the Neutral Zone at the time. Of note are several letters by Major Frank Holmes acting on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (297 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 299; 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. Additional irregular foliation sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 71-111 and ff 130-298 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/255
- Title
- 'File 5/2 IV Kuwait Neutral Zone'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:10v, 13r:20v, 22r:57v, 59r:67v, 69r:86v, 88r:97v, 99r:112v, 114r:115v, 117r:122v, 124r:126v, 128r:158v, 160r:204v, 206r:221v, 224r:228v, 230r:298v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence