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Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.' [‎209r] (424/603)

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The record is made up of 1 file (296 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1945-13 Apr 1948. 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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Any reply to be addressed :
The Secretary.
Telephone: Abbey 7000.
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MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER
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Your Reference :
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Dear Harrison,
..Petroleum Division,
7, Millbank,
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26th November, 194-6,
The question of the Continental Shelf in relation to
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was discussed, informally, with the U.S.
Delegation from the State Department this morning and their
tentative view (which is subject to further consideration
with the State Department on their return to Washington)
was that it would be best to deal, ad hoc, with questions
of this kind as and when they arose in a given Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
area. We snail be drafting a note of the tentative con
clusions reached and will send you a cop 5 > after agreeing
it with the Americans,
W object in writing to you now is to ask whether you
would let us know how the working out of a medium line between
Bahrein (and BAPCu) and Qatar (and P.C.L.) now stands. IQy
impression/ is that 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. has been asked to make
his recommendation on this question for consideration in
London, but that his report has not yet come in. I gather
that the Foreign Office were not aware of this arrangement
and it may be that this is due to its having been made ver
bally with Galloway when he was on leave in the U.K. But I
arn afraid 1 have not been able to make a thorough check of
our papers owing to the pressure of our talks with the’Americans,
which will continue to the end of this week.
Could you please let us have a short note on this
Qatar/Bahrein point, with a copy to the Foreign Office, .within
the next day or two ? • ^ * T,
Yours sincerely, / '
F.A.K. Harrison, Esq., w. Ja, 1 "V?
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. , 2 ‘ Wl/, .. \ ,
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The file concerns the operations of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited) in Qatar. Of particular importance in the file is the issue of the division of the sea bed for drilling operations between PCL's concession, and that of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) in Bahrain.

The file contains discussion of the issue by 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. , the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 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. , 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. , Bahrain.

The papers cover: the resumption of drilling operations in Qatar after their suspension during the Second World War; payment of royalties; the Hawar Islands; the granting of permission to use wireless sets; the response of British officials to a United States Government request to PCL for information on petroleum resources in Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , October-November 1946; aerial surveys of the Bahrain-Qatar Unallotted Area; the application of US President Harry S Truman's continental shelf doctrine to the issue (e.g. folios 141, 110); maps of the area; Admiralty comments on the need for all parties to be aware that the sea bed only was concerned, and that the waters above, and free navigation, were in no way affected (folio 46); correspondence from the oil companies involved; and the reactions of local rulers to the negotiations.

The file also contains five maps.

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 (296 folios)
Arrangement

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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 296; 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. Foliation anomaly: 268a.

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Coll 30/87(2) Part II 'Qatar: Oil Concession - P.C.L.'s Operations.' [‎209r] (424/603), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3806B, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056534851.0x00001a> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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