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'File 5/2 IV Kuwait Neutral Zone' [‎12r] (23/598)

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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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We quite appreciate that the concession which v/e hope
soon or ultimately to obtain would be in practice unworkable
unless we can agree a practicable scheme of joint operation
with the California Company; initial overtures for the
framing of such a scheme were, in fact, considered some
months ago, and could be followed up. It might take the
form of a joint company to be formed ad hoc as soon as the
Shaikh has granted us his half-rights, the concession document
containing provision for this. Alternatively - and a
tempting alternative in view of] t 2 ie great difficulty anticipated
in working in territory under divided sovereignty - the Foreign
Office and your own department might agree to recommend to the
two rulers a physical division of the Zone into two parts, to
be attached to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia respectively in full
sovereignty. An unofficial conversation with K.M 1 s.Minister
in Jeddah early this year did not seem to reveal any objection
to this idea.
These, obviously, are matters in which v/e depend on the
policy and views of H.TI.G. We shall be grateful for any
indication of these which you can give us, more particularly
as they apply to our immediate problem of obtaining the
Kuwait rights.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen H.Longrigg.
R.T.peel Esq.,
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. ,
Whi t ehall,S.W.1•

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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.

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1 file (297 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 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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