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Coll 30/182 'Oil: Question of survey of north-eastern corner of Qatar.' [3r] (5/16)
The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1939-17 Jun 1939. 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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Dear Gibson,
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INDIA 'OFFICE.
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Would you pleas'e^eTerTo^rourTetler ^
No. P.Z.2331/39 of April 15th enclosing the request
of Petroleum Development for a survey by one of
H*M# Ships of the approaches to the north-east comer
of Qatar.
I write to inform you that we are regretfully
unable to meet the wishes of Petroleum Development Ltd.
in this matter. Had we been about to undertake a survey
of the area concerned, we should no doubt have been
willing to communicate the results free of charge to the
Company. Unfortunately, this is not the case and the
survey desired would seem unjustifiable on any naval
grounds; nor does it seem possible for us to assist the
Company to carry out the survey at its own expense, with
equipment procured by itself, as we have done in a few
previous cases. In the present instance our experts
J.P. Gibson, Esq.,
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.
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S. W. 1.
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RECd. POL. DEPt.
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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.
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The file concerns a request by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to 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. that a British Government survey vessel should survey the north-east coast of the Qatar Peninsula between Ras Umm Hasah and Ras Luffain [Ra's Lafān]. The area between those two places had been identified by the company as the only possible site for a sea loading terminal in Qatar.
In reply, the Military Branch of the Admiralty stated that they had no plans to survey the area, and declined to assist the company further.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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.
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- 3r:4v
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- Qatar Petroleum Company xx Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited
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