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'14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL' [29r] (57/116)
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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RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
BAHRAIN TO FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON
Sir R.Hay
Telno 320
2Pth June, 1049,
Repeated:- Tehran telno 25
Vashihgton No.17 Saving
British Middle East Office No.22 Saving
Baghdad No.12 Saving
Jeddah No.11 Saving
SECRET
Addressed to Foreign Office telno 320 of June 2Pth
repeated ^or information to Tehran and Saving to Washington,
British Middle East 0^f 4 ce, Baghdad and Jeddah.
My telegram 297
The Sultan has written rrivately to the Political
Agent saying that ^or various reasons he does not see his
" r ay to issue the nroclamation. He suggests instead that
he should write to him officially referring to proclama
tion already issued and claiming the same rights for Muscat
He asks if this will be sufficient.
2.
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.
attributes his attitude to his
general unwillingness to act exactly as requested and to
his fear of compromising his independence by annearing to
act under our dictation in concert with the othwr Gulf
States.
For reasons stated in the last sentence of my tele
gram under reference I do not think it matters much what
the Sultan does and I suggest we should inform h^'m that he
can.do as he wishes but that if h° does not issue a procla
mation we may have difficulty in supporting his claims
should another newer show interest in the avea of the sea
bed concerned.
- Hay -
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- Content
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/442
- Title
- '14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 23r:26v, 28r:35v, 37r:57v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence