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'File 5/17 Administration in the Neutral Zone' [11r] (21/70)
The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in 18 May 1949-21 Dec 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram OTP
To
Prom
Repeated
/unbassador, Jedla
Poreign Office, London
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.
, Auwait (telno 2)
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.
, Bahrain
No
427
Dated December 8 received 9, 1949.
Confidential.
Bahrain telegram No. 562 to Poreign Office.
I presume that Political Agreement referred
to in Kuwait telegram No. 269 to Bahrain is on similar
Oil Company appears to be under the impression that
actual operations will be left to ^iinerican Independent
Oil Company even after six months period. Matter in
fact may not in fact therefore be so urgent. If however
it seems to us too risky to fcaxe no action you will no doubt
wish me to sound Saudi Arabian Government when Shaikh of
Kuwait T s suggestions have been elicited. We should then
I thinrc try to get agreement on some (gr undec) pending
formula for jurisdiction either on lines suggested by Sir
Rupert Hay or for some local mixed Saudi-Kuwaiti ad hoc
tribunals from which there could be appeal to Saudi or
Kuwait Courts respectively.
3. Question of customs serins less important in
practice in view of provision of hypothetical oil company
agreements for duty-free import of company’s property.
lines to 1934 agreement with Kuwait Oil Company
2
Jedda representative of Pacific Western
( relayed under P.O. telegram No. 109 Dec 8).
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This file contains correspondence between the Rulers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well as the British 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. and 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. in Kuwait regarding the administration of the Neutral Zone, and exploration for oil deposits in the Neutral Zone. The papers discuss the initiation of oil operations in the Neutral Zone by various oil companies, but also some details of the jurisdiction of the Rulers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the Neutral Zone and on its borders.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (33 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 35; 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. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/269
- Title
- 'File 5/17 Administration in the Neutral Zone'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:16v, 21r:34v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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