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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [142r] (288/620)
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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Iredeived under
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.
endorsement No.P.Z.439.)
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P.Z.439/33.
30th January 1933.
IMPORTANT.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 21st January, No.18119/33,
on the subject of the Kuwait oil concession, I am directed by
the Secretary of State for India to say that, as Sir Philip
Gunliffe-Lister is aware, he has throughout been of opinion that
it would be preferable if possible to postpone discussion of the
details of the concession to be negotiated with the Shaikh of
Kuwait by the successful competitoi > for the Kuwait concession
until Kis Excellency has taken a definite decision in fvaour of
one or other of the competing companies on a broad view of the
financial and other major considerations involved. Once such
a decision has been taken, it could be followed by detailed
negotiations, with which the local representatives of His
Majesty’s Government could be closely associated and in the
course of which steps could be taken to advise the Shaikh as to
the points which it was desirable to cover either in his own
interest or in that of His Majesty’s Government. Subject to
the views of the other interested Departments, the Secretary
of State for India is inclined, therefore, to suggest chat while
conveying general approval to the course of action proposed by
Colonel Fowle in paragraph 4 of his despatch No.52, of 2?th
December 1932, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, if he sees no
objection, might also inform the Resident that His Majesty’s
Government are anxious that a definite decision should be taken
by the Shaikh as between the competing companies with as little
delay as possible; that he 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.
, Kuwait,
should do what they can to encourage him to take such a decision f
on/
’he Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (306 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 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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