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'File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory' [25r] (49/54)
The record is made up of 1 file (26 folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1936-11 Feb 1946. 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 nature necessary for utilization of these resources;
HOW, TH&REFORii! X, HARRY 3. TRUMaK, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim the following policy of the
United States of America with respect to the natural resources of
the subsoil and sea bed of the continental shelf •
Having concern for the urgency of conserving no prudently
utilizing its natural resources, the Government of the United
States regards the natural resources of the subsoil and sea bed of
the continental shelf beneathffthe high seas but contiguous to the
coasts of the United States as appertaining to the United States,
subject to its jurisdiction and control. In cases v.here the contine
ntal shelf extends to the shores of another Swate, or is shared with
an adjacent State, the boundary shall be determined by the United
States and the State concerned in accordance with equitable princip—
les* The character as high seas of the waters above the continental
shelf and the right to their free and unimpeded navigation are
in no way thus affected.
jU ITHES3 WHiiRiX)F , I have hereunto sot my hand and caused
the seal of the United States of .America to be affixed.
lOUE at the City of Washington this twenty-eighth day of
September, in the year of our Lord
Nineteen hundred and forty-five and
of tne independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
^SSAL) seventieth.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the Presidents
DEAN ACKESON
Acting Secretary of State.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory.
The discussion in the file relates to:
- Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- The impact of the negotiations on the behaviour of the Trucial Shaikhs and their territorial claims and boundary disputes
- Kuwait oil – the jurisdiction over the subsoil and seabed immediately adjacent to territorial waters (ff 19-26), particularly in the light of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America (Harry S Truman).
Included in the file is a copy (folio 17) of a telegram dated 2 March 1938 from 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, to the Secretary of State for India, London, conveying the news that the Kuwait Oil Company had discovered oil in Kuwait territory.
The principal correspondents are: 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle); 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 (Gerald Simpson de Gaury); the Secretary of State for India; and the Managing Director, Petroleum Concessions Limited (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg).
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- 1 file (26 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 27; 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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- IOR/R/15/6/436
- Title
- 'File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory'
- Pages
- 24r:25v
- Author
- Truman, Harry S
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