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'File 5/2 VI Kuwait Neutral Zone' [77r] (153/702)
The record is made up of 1 file (348 folios). It was created in 23 Oct 1948-16 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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WHEREAS the Company is desirous of obtaining from the Government
and the Government is desirous of transferring and granting unto the
Company, the concession and rights hereinafter set forth and described
in respect of the area covered by said Agreement dated December 2,1922
hereinabove referred to, and an undivided one-half interest in the
islands, if any, and the territorial waters pertaining to said area,
all of which is hereinafter called the “Neutral Zone*,upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forthj
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements and undertakings hereinafter contained,the Government,
represented by His Excellency Shaikh Abdulla Sulaiman al Hamdan,
Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, acting on behalf of the Govern
ment, and the Company, represented by Barnabas B.Hadfield, Vice
President, acting on behalf of the Company, hereby agree as follows?
ARTICLE 1. The Government grants,cedes, conveys,, transfers and
sets over unto the Company all of the rights which His Majesty the
King of Saudi Arabia or the Government has with respect to oil, gas,
asphalt, paraffin, ozokerite, casinghead gas and other petroleum
products, by-products and their derivatives (all of which are some
times herein referred to as petroleum products) existing in or to be
produced from said Neutral Zone, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the ownership thereof, the right to ex
plore, drill for, produce, refine, process, transport, store, sell
and export the same, and the right to use the land, the islands,
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This file contains correspondence relating to the operations of oil companies in the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. The correspondence is primarily between British officials, but also includes letters to and from the American Independent Oil Company, and the Kuwait Oil Company. Of note are several agreements, and drafts of agreements relating to the operations of the oil industry in the Neutral Zone and in Kuwait.
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- 1 file (348 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 foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 351; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/257
- Title
- 'File 5/2 VI Kuwait Neutral Zone'
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- 76r:116v, 150r:166v, 202r:202v, 302r:306v, 313r:329v
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