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Coll 30/124A 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.' [312r] (623/883)
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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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.
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Whitehall, S.IV. !•
#- • Slleoeir^er,, 1946.
Now that the question of some Oil Company, British or
American, obtaining an oil concession from the Sheikh of Koweit
covering his rights in the Koweit Neutral Zone has become a live
issue, perhaps some preliminary consideration should be given to
the question of a political agreement being eventually drawn up
between the successful Company and His Majesty* s G-overnment.
2, You will be aware that shnilpnr political agreements have
been concluded with the respective concessionaire companies in
the case of all the Arab States of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- with BAPCO
in respect of Bahrein, withP.C.L. in respect of Liuscat; Qatar
and the individual Trucial Sheikhdoms, and with the Koweit Oil
Company in respect of Koweit proper. Briefly, the effect of
these political agreements is that the Oil Company concerned
undertakes to respect the position of our political authorities
in the Sheikhdoms, that British, strategic and other interests
are safeguarded and that an undertaking is given to enable the
production and resources of the Company to be placed at the
disposal of His Majesty* s Government in the event of national
emergency or war. There is also in the Koweit Political
Agreement a clause to the effect that the Company will erect a
refinery, if commercially justifiable, and will consult with
His Majesty’s Government about this. (There is a Special
Refinery Agreement withP.C.L ) The Companies further undertake
to remain British by registration (likewise in respect of any
transferee or subsidiary companies) and to employ as many British
subjects or subjects of the Ruler as is consistent with the
efficient carrying on of the undertaking. Prau the point of
view of the Company the effect is that they secure the co-operation
of the British political authorities in obtaining from the
Ruler the assistance they require in oil developments.
K.L. Stock, Esq., // ^ #
Ministry of Fuel and Power,
Millbank, 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)
- 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 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3857
- 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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