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'File 5/2 IV Kuwait Neutral Zone' [‎255r] (509/598)

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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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The Kuwait Neutral Zone is an area south of Kuwait proper
which, by an agreement between Ton Saud and in j-922
(subsequently accepted by the Sheikh of Kuwait) was recognised as
"common to the two States of Nejd (i, e, Saudi Arabia) and Kuwait
who were to enjoy equal rights in it until such time as a fresh
agreement should be arrived at between them regarding it through
the good offices of " (See page 80 of P.G-. 13).
In 1913 (at a time when an area now including the Neutral
Zone was claimed by Kuwait) the Sheikh of Kuwait agreed in an
exchange of correspondence with 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. bhat he
would not give an oil concession in respect of Burgon (a place
in Kuwait territory proper) "and elsewhere" other than t-» r>.
person appointed from the British Government,
The question has now arisen how far, if at all, he
Sheikh of Kuwait is bound by the 1913 correspondence in respect
of his desire to grant an oil concession covering his righ’js in
the Neutral Zone, We should be grateful for any opinion you
feel able to give on this point,
(Sd) F. A. K* Harrison.
29th November, 1946.
I assume of course, that the condition precedent to the
obligation under which the Sheikh placed himself in 1913 was
strictly fulfilled, i,e, that there seemed at that time in the
view of Admiral Slade and the Sheikh’s son hope of obtaining oil
from the place of bitumen shown. If so, then it seems to me
that, in so far as it still lies in the power of the Sheikh to
grant a concession in the neutral territory, whether jointly
with Ibn Saud or in relation to a tract geographically separated
under an agreement with the latter, and assigned to himself,
there would be no justification for his not adhering to his
undertaking. The matter might, however, stand on a different
footing if it were successfully contended that the neutral •
territory never in fact belonged to the Sheikh, his present
joint rights therein dating only from 1922.
(Intld.) K.Mc.1. K.

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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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