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'File 5/2 V Kuwait Neutral Zone' [‎201r] (401/757)

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The record is made up of 1 file (376 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1947-18 Oct 1948. 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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Jl/I
Telegram
From
To
No.7.
Inter Pad
Political, Kuwait.
Prodrome, London.
Dated the 15th May, 1948.
IMPORTANT.
Secret. Following from 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. .
Shaikh hopes to close Neutral Zone auction by end
of month. Rhoades of Gulf Oil Company is here. In reply to
enauiry from Abraham Shaikh has asked him to come by May 20th.
Representative^ of American Independent Oil Company is at Cairo
and I understand will be summoned. Shaikh says he warned.
Skliros of Iraq Petroleum Company since months ago that his
Company should send representative in May if t.:ey are otil
interested but has heard nothing further. Please telegrapn
whether Iraq Petroleum Company will be sending representative.
Shaikh does not propose to invite Amerada and Sinclair ikikxxs
interests to bid.
2. Rhoades latest offer is 1*65 dollars per ton
royalty i.e. the equivalent of the royalty paid by Aramco in ^
Saudi Arabia, 3,750,000 dollars down and 600,000 dollars annua,
payment. He says he does not think his company can match the
royalty offered by the American Independent Oil Company but
that they are prepared to raise the down and annual payments
if necessary. He says that as the Company is now offering
dollar payments they will probably have to take up t^e
concession if granted as a purely American entity and that
Pyron will shortly be discussing this matter in London.
3 General opinion here is that one of the two
American Companies will obtain the concession owing to the
attractiveness of the dollar payments.
4 # Wells of Amerada has applied for Kuwait visa
for visit of three months to negotiate oil lease for Amerada,
the Continental Oil Company and Seaboard Oil Company. He
may be thinking of endeavouring to obtain lease for sea-bed.
Shaikh has approved of grant of visa.
Political
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This file contains correspondence primarily between 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. , 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 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. in Kuwait, and relating to the development of oil operations in the Neutral Zone between Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The majority of the papers relate to the re-negotiation of oil royalties paid to the Ruler of Kuwait. Other papers cover British government's perspectives on the presence of American Oil Companies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

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1 file (376 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 378; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 122-377 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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