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'File 5/2 I Kuwait Neutral Zone' [51r] (106/474)
The record is made up of 1 file (233 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1934-28 Dec 1934. 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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Gover merits ©pinion of its status.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company hope that negotiations
for Kuwait concession ©re approaching conclusion, when
HOLMES will leave Kuwait. British group in Iraq Petroleum
Company therefore now favour attempt immediately thereafter
to secure grant of Heutral Z.ne concession from Shaikh for
Iraq Petroleum Company on lines of suggestion in last para
graph of your telegram 39 or option on concession similar to
that held by California Company from I bn Saud. If deadlock
ensued Iraq Petroleum Company might possibly be able to make
some bargain with California Company. Iraq Petroleum
Company feel however that they cannot approach Shaikh until
Kuwait concession is secured. Importance of time factor
and diifitx difficulty of your position vis a vis Saudi
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authorities have been impressed on me.
A
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You may inform Saudi Government in reply to
enquiry in 2nd paragraph of your telegram 51 that approach
should be from Saudi Government to His Majesty’s Government.
It is impossible especially in present obscure state of
matters to give direct answer to enquiry in your telegram.
Moreover a positive declaration at this stage that Californis
Company would be objectionable might give Saudi Government
opportunity to put onus of refusal to grant concession to
them upon His Majesty’s Government. Best reply
would be that His Majesty’s Government would natprally
prefer British Company. Question of affording protection
to concessionary company and of exercising jurisdiction in
concession area will be one of great difficulty. Ideal
would be that protection should be assumed by His Majesty’s
G©v ernment/
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This file contains papers relating to the exploitation of oil in Kuwait and the Neutral Zone between Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. In particular, it contains correspondence relating to the competition between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate for a concession in Kuwait. Some correspondence from the ruler of Kuwait is also included in the file. Other correspondence discusses negotiations with the ruler of Kuwait alongside talks with Fuad Bey Hamza, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, and 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. .
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- 1 file (233 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/252
- Title
- 'File 5/2 I Kuwait Neutral Zone'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:80v, 82r:234v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence