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Coll 30/124A 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.' [68r] (135/883)
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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Any reply to be addressed :
Th'£ Secretary.
Telephone : ABgEY 7000.
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“ MINFuPO, SOWEST,
Reference: PD. 745 pt. 6
Your Reference :
Dear Donaldson,
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MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER®)
PETROLEUM DIVISr6N,
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7, mieIbank,
ONDON. S.W.l.
31st December, 1947«
Kuwait Neutral
In reply to your letter of the 11th December, I may say
that we are in complete agreement with you that a very satis
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An East India Company trading post.
solution, if it were possible, would be for the Kuwait
Oil Company to secure the oil rights for the Neutral Zone from
the Shaikh, The future working problems would certainly be
simplified.
The A, I, 0. G, , however, are debarred from quoting, even
as an equal partner with G-ulf in the K. 0. C. , until the question
5 of the supercession of the Redline Agreement by a revised inter
company agreement has been settled.
As you probably know, the prospective agreement between
the partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company is being so designed
as to eliminate the restrictive clauses of the earlier one,
leaving each member group of I, P, C. free to seek oil concessions
separately where they may please.
Inter-company discussions are continually in progress, but
Gulbenkian is still holding obstinately to his refusal to sign
a new agreement, although the major partners are beginning to
feel that they may succeed in overcoming his objections during
the next three or four months. There are several court actions
pending in connection with the Redline agreement which are
E. P. Donaldson, Esq. , C. M. G. ,
Commonwealth Relations Office,
Downing Street, S.W. 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
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 7v, 10r:36v, 37v:53v, 55r:74v, 77r:82v, 87r:92v, 94r:94v, 96r:104v, 107r:157v, 161r:165v, 166v:168v, 169v:172v, 178r:179v, 181r:196v, 233r:238v, 241r:242v, 245r:250v, 252r:255v, 256v, 258r:261v, 263r:271v, 273r:273v, 276r:276v, 278r:284v, 287r:287v, 289r:300v, 301v:303v, 305r:305v, 307r:345v, 348r:352v, 353v:384v, 386r:388v, 390r:394v, 396r:398v, 400r:434v, 435v:441v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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