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'File 5/2 III Kuwait Neutral Zone' [‎182r] (368/779)

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The record is made up of 1 file (386 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1936-28 Sep 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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of the 4th October, 1934, (T£ 6018/4/3ft) ettelosing e record
of dlecueeione with Fuad Bey Hamte regarding the Kowelt
Neutral Zone oil question, i *m directed by Ur. secretary
idea to tranatnit to you herewith, to be laid before the
Karqueaa of Zetland, a copy of a deapatcfe from Hie hajeaty f a
Klniater at Jedda reporting a conversation with Sheikh fuauf
Yaftin in which the latter raised the question of exploiting
an/ oil which there might be in the Neutral £one and inquirad
whether His Majesty's Government would have any objection to
an application being made by the ttandard Oil Company of
California to the theikh of fcoweit for hie rights in the Zone.
Shaikh Yuauf Yaaln no doubt aaaum^d in making thia enquiry
that if tha application were aucceaeful, the Standard Oil
Company would receive a joint Saudi Arabian-^oweiti conceesion
(or at least option; for the stone as a whole and pay to the
two Governments in equal proportion such royalties, taxee etc.,
as the concession or option mUiit entail-
2. Ur. Eden considers that the reply of Hia Majesty's
Government to theikh Yusuf Yawin's enquiry should be as
*ympatn*tic as possible. it is importsnt that King Ibn ^aud
should increase his financial resources and with them the
stability of hia kingdom. It is equally important that Hia
Majesty's Government should not appear to etand In the way of
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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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This file contains correspondence relating to the initiation of oil operations in the Neutral Zone. The papers include draft agreements on the proposed territorial division of the Neutral Zone as well as various proposals for the sharing of oil resources drafted between British Foreign Office in London and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Of note are numerous letters that discuss Harold Adrian Russell Philby's involvement in negotiations on the future of the Neutral Zone.

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1 file (386 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 388; 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. Additional irregular foliation sequences are present in parallel; 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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