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'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company' [16r] (36/406)
The record is made up of 1 file (199 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1934-11 May 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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CONFIDENTIAL
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
No* C—94*
KUWAIT
Dated the 12th March 1934
To
Messrs: The Kuwait Oil Company Ltd*,
K U W A I T
Gentlemen
0
In reply to your letter No. Nil of 9th March 1934
I have the honour to inform you that the text of the Political
Agreement between His Majesty’s Government and the Kuwait Oil
Company, Ltd,, which you state was signed on 5th March 1934,
in London, has not as yet been received by me.
2. On the 14th February 1934, under his letter No*179-S,
dated the 12th February 1934, I, however, received from the
Hon’ble 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.
copy of telegram No.337, dated
7th February 1934 from the Secretary of State for India, London,
in which the substance ( in general terms only) of the said
Political Agreement, was conveyed to 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.
*
3. On the 21st February 1934, the Hon’ble the Political
”Formal permission received frcni His Majesty’s Government
’’that Shaikh may commence negotiations.
n 2. Please inform Shaikh that His Majesty’s Government
’’have concluded separate agreement with Company covering
’’points mentioned in
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.
telegram 337 of
’’February 7th (Vide my Printed Letter, 179-S, dated
4* On the 22nd February 1934, under my Confidential No.
C-70,~I duly informed His Excellency the Shaikh that His Majesty’s
Government authorized him to open negotiations with you, and I
also gave him the substance (in brief) of the ’’Political Agreement
as conveyed to me by the Hon’ble 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.
(See
para. 2 above)•
5. You will recollect that I showed you personally on 8th
Resident
March/
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This file contains papers that discuss the beginning and expansion of oil operations in Kuwait. These range from legal arrangements with the Ruler of Kuwait, to how best to secure the oil concession for British rather than American interests. The file's main correspondents include the Foreign Office, 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. , 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.
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- 1 file (199 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 201; 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 additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 123-140, and ff 172-196; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/244
- Title
- 'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:133v, 138r:151v, 156r:171v, 178r:182v, 185r:200v, 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