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'File 5/1 VII Kuwait Oil Company' [‎17r] (38/458)

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The record is made up of 1 file (225 folios). It was created in 22 May 1933-30 Dec 1933. 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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entry or American and .Frencli interests into ttie IraQ.
Petroleum Company after the war, the arrangement as
regards non-competition between the groups composing
the Iraq. Petroleum Company was continued in an agreement
between the groups, entered into in 1328. This was
a private agreement between the groups with which the
British Government was not concerned. Under this
Agreement a line was drawn round Arabia, Palestine
and Asia Minor, which excluded Koteeit and the Farsan
islands, but included Bahrein aS^n, which defined an
area within which the various groups constituting the
Praq. Petroleum Company agreed that they would not
seek for or obtain oil concessions otherwise than
through the 1 raq. Petroleum Company or its nominee.
The position as regards the distribution of capital in
the Iraq. Petroleum Company is as follows:
Anglo-Persian Oil Company. 23.75$
Boyal Butch Shell 23.74$
IVench Group 23.75$
American Group 23.75$
C.S.Gulbenkian 5.00$
In 1932 the American Shareholding in the
American Group was held in the following proportions:
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey 41 2 / 3 $
Standard 9il Company Company of 9
New York 41 V 3 %
Gulf Oil Corporation of Pennsyl- 2 /
Hania 16 / 3 $
As the Royal Butch Shell is 60$ Butch and 40$
British, the British shareholding in the Iraq
Petroleum Company now only represents about 33-|$.
The Iraq Petroleum^is technically a British Company,
as in Article 32 of its Convention with the Government
of Iraq, the Company must be and remain a British
Company, registered in Great Britain, and the Chair-
-man must be at all times a British subject. One

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This file contains papers relating to the securing of oil agreements in Kuwait. Most of the papers consist of correspondence between various British Political Agents in Kuwait and Bahrain, 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 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. , and the British Legation at Jeddah. The papers discuss the British governments position with regards to exploring for oil in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region with the view to securing as many contracts as possible for British firms as the region became increasingly visible to international oil companies after the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932.

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1 file (225 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 227; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-222, and ff 180-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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