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Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [16r] (34/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 6 May 1936-22 Sep 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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B.18. C. 2.38.
S pfro : PET
/ FOREIGf
EPHONE : NATIONAL 3582
TELEGRAMS:
PETCONCESS, FINSQUARE, LONDON
FOREIGN : PETCONCESS, LONDON
Ur
PETROLEUM
41
57
CODES :
BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE
BENTLEY’S COMPLETE PHRASE WITH OIL SUPPLEMENT
LOMBARD
'-trliS £
'CONCESSIONS LIMITED
DIRECTORS :
Lord Cadman,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
(Chairman)
G. Legh-Jones .
R. Cayrol, rv^C^V-S.C. (French)
W. Fraser, L :«*f^
C. S. Gulbenkian (formerly Armenian)
J. B. A. Kessler (Dutch)
L. M. Lefroy
J. A. Meny (Frei.ch)
H. G. Seidel (LLS.A.)
R. W. Sellers
J. Skliros
pc. 2 eB /59
Under Secretary of
State for India,
Political Department,
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.
,
S.W. 1.
Sir,
CITY-GATE HOUSE
FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON •
5th July, 1939.
ENCLOSURE IN AIR MAIL LETTER
No. 28
FROM SECRETARY, POLITICAL DCPT,
E.C.2
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.
.
'Lr.
li/7
I have the honour to refer to your letter
No. P.Z.4066/59, dated July 4th, and in reply to
confirm that Mr. Ball is a British subject and
that it is proposed that he should succeed
I Mr. Packer as the chief local representative of
Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd. for Qatar.
I should mention at the same time that,
whereas Mr. Packer has previously been the
Company ! s chief local representative in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Principalities for which we hold
Concessions, we should be glad if, for the future,
Mr. B.H. Lermitte should be treated as occupying
this position.
Mr. Lermitte will remain as during the last
2 years based upon Bahrain, but with a house and
office at Dubai.
I have the honour to be.
RECd. POL. DEPt.
- 6JUL1939
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.
Your obedient servant,
Managing Director
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The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officials in the region approving Packer's appointment.
The file also concerns Packer's appointment as Local Representative of PCL's subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and related staff appointments by PCL.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
- Pages
- 16r:16v, 19r:19v, 42r:43v
- Author
- Skliros, John
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