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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [‎20r] (44/620)

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The record is made up of 1 file (306 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1933-25 May 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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INsB, This is an ORIGINAL MESSAGE, sent by post to save Icleyraphie
expense ana undue use of the wires, hut intended to be treated, on
receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been tdecjnephed. To
save time and formalities it is worded and siyt ed as'if it had been
so despatched,]
From
POLITICAL RESULT,
BUSHIRE.
To
POLITICAL AGrENT,
KUWAIT.
d(> 9 1-3 of 1933* 2nd January
My Printed letter 956-3 of 24tii December 1932.
KUWAIT OIL.
2* Please
(a) communicate (amniended)Petroleum Department
memorandum to Shaikh of Kuwait on 8th January;
(b) make at the same time the oral explanation
mentioned iii paragraph 1 of Colonial Office telegrqm iTo.9 of 22nd
December£
(c) ask the Shaikh to study the memorandum, and
inform him that I shall arrive Kuwait 11th January to discuss
any points which he wishes cleared up$
(d) request the Shaikh to treat the matter a„s strictly
confidential till he meets me^and in the meantime not to discuss
6.6
DCFP •• 1' —(Gr«l254)—24-6-31—1,00.000.
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This file contains papers relating to the negotiations on oil exploration and extraction agreements between the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The majority of the papers discuss the controversy surrounding the competition between the Anglo Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate for oil contracts in the territory of Kuwait. Arabic documents are either correspondence between 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 and the Ruler of Kuwait or translations of agreements relating to oil concessions in Kuwait.

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1 file (306 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 308; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 20-302; 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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