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'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company' [35r] (74/558)
The record is made up of 1 file (275 folios). It was created in 13 Jan 1934-28 Feb 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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P*2*25?/34,
COPT*
(E 38/4/E5)
Ho.3400/353/76*
BHI2ISH LBGaSXOH,
JXSPliil,
SAUDI ARABIA.
IZth DecemBor, 1933.
dear Warner,
With reference to my letter to you Ho.3835/353/78
of the 38th Hoyemfcer last, relative to the Rasa Oil
Concession, I mentioned the matter of the unpublished
annexure to the Standard Oil Company*s of California # s
concession to Philby on the 6th December shortly after
his return from Egypt. I found him quite helpful. He
stated that although he did not possess a copy of the
secret agreement, he was present in an unofficial but
advisory capacity at the "Cabinet” meeting that finally
examined the concession, clause by clause and approved it.
He had also something to do with the verification of the
translation. lie thought he could remember most of the
Secret clauses and promised to look through his papers.
He w s then about to leave for Mecca and promised to let
me know soon but he is again in Mecca and it may be a week
or two before I see him next, I give you hereunder,
however, the points he mentioned to me off-hand in
conversation, as forming part of the secret agreements-
1. Fin nee , Ihe 835,000 gold recently paid by the
Company to the Government consisted of £5,000 gold as rent
and £30,000 gold as loan, (Comments fhe missing sum in
Article 3 is perhaps £30,000 gold and that in Article 4,
£5,000 gold.) After a period of several months (I think
6), the Company was to pay a further £80,000 gold, making
C.F,A,Warner, Esq.., £50,000/
Eastern Department,
Foreign Office*
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This file contains papers relating to the initiation of oil prospecting and drilling operations in Kuwait. The majority of the papers discuss Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate's involvement in the beginning of oil operations, as well as their respective relationships to the British Government and the Ruler of Kuwait. Some papers discuss the expansion of oil prospecting operations across the Arabian peninsula, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The correspondence also contains ancillary discussions about borders and border disputes across the eastern Arabian Peninsula.
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- 1 file (275 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 277; 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 foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/243
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:139v, 141r:178v, 180r:276v, 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