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'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company' [58r] (120/406)
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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THIS AGREEMENT dated the fifth. day
—— — of March One thousand nine
hundred and thirty four is made BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (hereinafter called M His Majesty’s Government”) of
the one part and the KUWAIT OIL COMPANY LIMITED (hereinafter called "the
Company” which expression shall where the context so admits be deemed to
include its successors and/or assignees) of the other part
WHEREAS in the event of the Kuwait Oil Company obtaining a
concession from the Sheikh of Koweit (hereinafter called "the Sheikh”)
certain responsibilities will devolve on His Majesty’s Government, the
Company has agreed with His Majesty’s Government as follows:-
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THE feweii Oil Company, any transferee Company and any subsidiary
Company that may be created shall be and remain a British Company
registered in the British Empire.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh the obligations and benefits of that agreement
shall not be transferred to any other company without the prior consent in
writing of His Majesty’s Government, and shall not be transferred to any
company in which more than fifty per centum of the capital and voting power
is directly or indirectly controlled by persons other than British subjects.
THE employees of the Company in Koweit shall at all times so far as
is consistent with the efficient carrying on of the undertaking be British
subjects or subjects of the Sheikh. With the consent of His Majesty’s
Government, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, persons of
other nationalities may be employed if in the opinion of the Company they
are required for the efficient carrying on of the undertaking.
NOTWITHSTANDING " anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native labour shall be
subject to the approval of 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
ONE of the superior local employees of the Company shall be
designated chief local representative of the Company in Koweit, The
approval of His Majesty’s Government,shall be required for the person so
designated. He will be ordinarily.resident at Koweit and will be
responsible for the Company’s local relations with the Koweit authorities.
These local relations shall always be conducted through the Political
Agent at Koweit, except as regards routine commercial business, which may
be transacted through the official representative (if any) whom^the Sheikh
may appoint under the agreement between the Company and the Sheikh,
SUBJECT to the terms of the concession the Company undertakes at all
times to pay due deference to the wishes of the Sheikh and to the advice
of 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.
and 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
THE right given to the Company by its agreement with the Sheikh to
utilise means of transportation by air shall be subject to any general
regulations for civil aircraft made by the Sheikh on the advice of His
Majesty’s Government.
IN the application of the right given to the Sheikh by his Agreement
with the Company to make full use free of charge of the Company’s wireless
and telegraph installations and railways for governmental purposes m
times of national emergency, the Sheikh acting on the advice of His
Majesty’s Government shall be the sole judge whether a national emergency
has arisen.
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NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh the Company shall not have the right to use or
occupy, and shall not include in the areas selected for the purposes o
its operations, any sites which may have been selected by or on e a o
P.Z.1047/34 (27/2/34).
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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