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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [59r] (122/620)
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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764 / 121 / 91 )
34EMO RAN DUM OP C ONYERBATI QN l
In a nets ^rem the Brittsh'^oreign Secretary p dated
April Sp 1932 (No* E 1733/121/91 ), regarding an application
cf the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, for an oil
concession in Koweit, reference is made to the extended
period of time th&t oil companies have been interested in
oil lands in Koweit®
The Eastern and General Syndicate initiated and
carried on negotiations with the Sheikh of Koweit for an
(4,1 concession in his Principality with the knowledge and
approval of the British Government but it was not until
after American Interests became associated in the venture
with \/he oyndicate in 1927 that th@ British Government
required (in lw'2d) the inclusion in the concession agreement
of a ’'nationality clause", which clause would have the effect
°* deluding any but purely British interests from exploiting
such a conceseiono
Thus the Syndicate for years prior to 1927 end in
agreement with American interests since 1927 has contin
uous Xy endeavored to obtain a concession in 'Koweit very
similar in principle to a concession which, with the
uAuw^edge of the British Foreign Office, had been granted
to the Syndicate in the Bahrein Islands®
Last December American interest in the Koweit
concession formed the basis of representations by the
American Ambassador to the British Secretary of State for
Fl reign Affairs* In referring to these representations,
the Foreign Office note of April 9, mentioned above, stated
ohat "His Majesty’s Government for their part are prepared
tQ agree t0 the omission from any oil concession, which the
Sheikh
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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)
- Arrangement
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/241
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 20r:43v, 47r:47v, 49r:91v, 94r:129v, 131r:132v, 135r:153v, 155r:159v, 161r:267v, 269r:272v, 274r:307v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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