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'14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL' [21r] (41/116)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 10 Nov 1948-17 Sep 1949. 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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(g) where there is an island group which may be connected
by lines not more than twelve nautical miles long, of
which the island nearest to the mainland is more than
twelve nautical miles from the mainland, lines drawn
along the outer shores of all the islands of the group
if the islands form a chain, or along the outer shores
of the outermost islands of the group if the islands do
not form a chain.
Article 7. If the measurement of the territorial waters in
accordance with the provisions of this Decree leaves
an area of high sea wholly surrounded by territorial
waters and extending not more than twelve nautical
miles in any direction, such area shall form part of
the territorial waters. The same rule shall apply to
a pronounced pocket of high sea which may be wholly
enclosed by drawing a single straight line not more
than twelve nautical miles long.
Article 8. If the inland waters described in Article 4, or
if the coastal sea measured from the base-lines fixed
by Article 6 of this Decree be overlapped by the waters
of another State, boundaries will be determined by Our
Government in agreement with the State concerned in
accordance with equitable principles.
Article 9. With a view to assuring compliance with the laws
of the Kingdom relating to security, navigation, and
fiscal matters, maritime surveillance may be exercised
in a contiguous zone outside the coastal sea, extending
for a further distance of six nautical miles and mea
sured from the base-lines of the coastal sea, provided
however that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to
apply to the rights of the Kingdom with respect to
fishing.
Article 10. Our Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance
are charged with the execution of this Decree.
Article 11. This Decree will come into effect as from the
date of its publication in the official gazette.
/Promulgated
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to offshore oil and the definition of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:
- A Saudi proclamation regarding seabed and subsoil rights and decree defining territorial waters
- A Persian Government draft Bill on seabed rights (folio 27)
- A draft declaration (folio 38) of the Muscat government and other Arab coast rulers.
Further discussion (ff 31-33) surrounds the concern of the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States to establish agreed jurisdiction to allow seabed drilling by oil companies on an agreed basis and prevent claims by other powers.
Also discussed (ff 56-57) is the visit by Bertram Thomas to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in November 1948 as a representative of an oil company.
Included (ff 9-22) in the file are copies of the 'Royal Pronouncement concerning the policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to the subsoil and sea Bed areas in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. contiguous to the coasts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (William Rupert Hay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London (Ernest Bevin); an official of the Foreign Office (Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows) 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. , Muscat (Randall Erskine Ellison); HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir John Helier Le Rougetel).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (56 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 58; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/442
- Title
- '14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL'
- Pages
- 9r:22v
- Author
- Unknown
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact [email protected] with any information you have regarding this item.