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'File 5/14 Continental shelf and marine area' [13r] (25/286)
The record is made up of 1 file (141 folios). It was created in 7 Jun 1948-17 Sep 1949. 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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12. Paragraph 10. State Department have not yet talked to
the United States service representatives but propose to do so now.
We are keeping the British Joint Staff Mission informed.
13. We told the State Department of the position as regards
the Anglo-American concern which is interested in the Saudi Arabian
continen/tal shelf (see Burrow*s letter to Balfour E 5919/276/91 of
the 18th May)• They have been asking the Superior Oil Company to
go slow but have not yet been successful in restraining them and are
consequently having difficulties with theArabian-American Oil Compai
The State Department*s latest information from Jedda is that King
Ibn Saud may may now be proposing to grant a concession very shortly
to the Anglo American concern in spite of a recent undertaking by
the deputy Minister of Finance that no concession would be granted
outside territorial waters without the concurrence of the British
and American Governments. We asked whether an approach by His
Majesty*s Government to the King would be useful. They are holding
consultations with Aramco officials who have Just returned from
Saudi Arabia, and after this will have a clearer picture of develop
ments in this area.
14. Henderson emphasised that the development mentioned in
the preceding paragraph made it imperative that His Majesty’s Gover
nment and the United States Government should reach a very rapid
decision on these matters. He thought it might be desirable in the
circumstances for an American official to proceed to London or a
British official to Washington. He asked us to obtain your views
on this and on the other points raised as urgently as possible.
Foreign Office please pass Important to Bagdad, Jedda and
Tehran and Saving to
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.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and United
Kingdom His Commissioners Pakistan and India as my telegrams Nos.
13, 31, 7, 1, l,,and 1 respectively.
(Repeated to Bagdad, Jedda, Tehran and Saving to Bahrain)
(Copies sent to Telegram Section C.R.O. for transmission
Saving to High Commissigners New Delhi and Karachi)
J
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This file contains papers relating to a plan to extend the sovereignty of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. into the continental shelf and marine area of the Gulf. The correspondence mentions consultations with the United State's State Department, and the reasons for making joint Anglo-American plans to coordinate the extension of the territorial waters of various Arab Gulf states. Many of the letters discuss this as both a response to Iranian ambitions in the Gulf, and as a cautionary measure so as to avoid conflict between American and British oil interests in the region. Of note are several discussions on the choice of terminology to describe the marine territory in question, such as sovereignty versus jurisdiction.
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- 1 file (141 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 143; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/267
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- 'File 5/14 Continental shelf and marine area'
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- 11r:13v
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- United States Federal Government
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