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'File 5/1 IV Kuwait Oil Company' [‎113r] (230/604)

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The record is made up of 1 file (298 Folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1931-7 Aug 1932. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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British itesidency and Consuiate-ijeneral,
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1 enclose for your infonnation a copy of telegram
received from His Majesty’s secretary of state for xndia, and
of my reply regarding the Kuwait oil concession.
As you will see, the Shaikh*s stupid letter to
Holmes has fairly put us in the soup. xt is difficult to
he angry with Greenway in view of his lack of experience but
the whole business is very annoying, what has happened is
that Holmes has informed his American ffiends that the shaikh
is willing to give him the concession but that the nritish
Government are standing in the way. uil interests in
America are of course enormously powerful and the American
Embassy in London have immediately tackled the foreign uffi'-e
on the subject and practically charged us with trying to get
the Americans o\x£ of the Gulf for our own purposes so that we
could get the monopoly of the oil. fhe foreign office ox
course are very sensitive on the subject of
we are never anxious to define or emphasise
position in the Gulf, and, as you will see,
would like to waive the .Nationality Clause,
on the other hand are standing up for it as
t.-Colonel H.H.i'* Dickson, C.I.E.,
tieal Agent,
it.
the Americans and
our special
the foreign office
xhe xndia office
much as they can,
but/

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This file contains correspondence relating to the initiation of oil exploration operations in Kuwait. Its papers detail the initial stages of geological prospecting and the agreements drawn between British authorities, the ruler of Kuwait, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Of note are papers that discuss the role of Major Frank Holmes in initiating the operations of the Eastern and General Syndicate in the Gulf. Arabic correspondence consists primarily of letters between the ruler of Kuwait and 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. in Kuwait.

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1 file (298 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 300; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-295; 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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