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'File 14/2 [Vol. 2]I GWADUR OIL' [13r] (25/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1939-23 Oct 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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The "best course therefore seems to he not to address any
communication to the Sultan for the moment hut to ascertain from
he Government of India whether the Khan of Xalat has granted
or is likely to grant the Xalat concession to Indian Oil
Concessions Ltd. or to the Burmah Oil Co.
6. 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, in the enclosure to Fowle's
letter, refers to the Admiralty view that it is very desirable
that the Gwadur concession should go to the Burmah Oil Company.
I understand that the service consideration is less the
nationality of the controlling interests in the Company than
the need to ensure that the Company’s products are subject to
rights of pre-emption by Government, the former being of
importance in so far as control over a purely British Company
is more secure. From the Admiralty standpoint there may not
be so much to choose between the two Companies competing in
Gwadur, since Indian Oil Concessions Ltd. is legally a British
Company, registered in India, and will be required, if it gets
the Gwadur concession, to enter into an agreement with His
Majesty’s Government which will cover the matter of pre-emption.
Ballantyne is aware of this, and assures us there will be no
difficulty about it. These considerations might be taken into
account/
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Gwadur which formed part of the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and dependencies.
The discussion in the file concerns:
- Negotiations over oil concessions in Gwadur
- Correspondence between officials of 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. and the Burmah Oil Company
- Issues and concerns over the boundary between Gwadur and Kalat State.
Included in the file is a copy (folio 10) of a table 'Gwadur Oil Concession – rival offers' detailing the difference in value of the competing oil companies, Indian Oil Concessions and the Burmah Oil Company.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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 (Ralph Ponsonby Watts); 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 Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; representatives of the Burma Oil Company Limited; an official of the Petroleum Department (Frederick Charles Starling); the Secretary of State for India, London; the Governor-General in Baluchistan; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate 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 47; 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/15/6/433
- Title
- 'File 14/2 [Vol. 2]I GWADUR OIL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:34v, 36r:40v, 44r:44v, 46r:46v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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