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Coll 30/124A 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.' [54r] (107/883)
The record is made up of 1 file (440 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1945-5 Dec 1949. 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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oopt ;
Britannic House
Finsbury Circus.
19
E.C.2.
J
22nd January, 1948*
Dear Monsell Davis
Thank you for your letter of 21st January; I agree
with your statement of the position outlined on the t*
2* At the meeting held at the Treasury on 6.1.47 Abraham
asked (see Minute Ho.5) if the Treasury wished to limit him
to the payments he then had in mind (up to £1 million) and
was told that the Treasury would not require any such under*-
talcing.
On that understanding v/e liave managed, by firm offers/
statements, to keep ourselvos well in the picture and it will
be most embarrassing to us if we are now required to make
oifers subject to Treasury approval. Our American competi
tors have no such restrictions on their bids and when they
come to hear, as they certainly would, of our inability any
longer to talk "firm" they would no doubt make the most of it.
4. Our answer to your enquiry is therefore that we feel
strongly that our offers must co itinue to be "firm". More-
over, particularly at this moment when Abraham is now on his
way to Kuwait, we would be most unwilling to handicap him in
any action he may have the opportunity to
Yours sincerely
Sgd: G* IV. Lepper.
W.a Monsell Davis, Ssq. ,
Mins, of Fuel & power.
Petroleum Division,
7. Millbank, SLW. 1.
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The file concerns negotiations over oil concession rights in the Koweit [Kuwait] Neutral Zone. The Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] exercised joint control over the Neutral Zone with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Shaikh of Kuwait was likely to seek the approval of the British Government before granting a concession in the Neutral Zone. The papers contain correspondence from some of the oil companies involved, principally the Burmah Oil Company and Petroleum Concessions Limited, details of other (United States) companies involved in negotiations, and correspondence and memoranda from 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. , Foreign Office, Ministry of Fuel and Power, 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, and 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. .
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 (440 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 441; 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 6-440; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/124A 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
- Pages
- 54r:54v, 105r:106v, 239r:240v, 257r:257v, 262r:262v
- Author
- Lepper, Gordon Willis
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