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Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.' [‎4r] (7/131)

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The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1943-12 Jun 1947. 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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HQ. C/629 •
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain,
The 27th of May, 1947.
To
The Hon’hle 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. , Bahrain .
Memorandum*
I forward herewith a copy of letter Ho. C/PA-
288, dated the 21st May, 1947, from the Bahrain Petrol
eum Company asking for any information I can give them
regarding the total annual consumption of different
types of petroleum products in ’Iraq and Iran, the Arab
Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman (presumbly Muscat
and Oman}, the Hadhramaut, Aden Protectorate and Yemen.
2. there is no objection
(a) I shall try to obtain tne information
in respect of the area within ny Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
l^atar and Tracial Oman) and pass it on
to the Company
(b) information from the other areas may
please be obtained and passed to me for
transmission to the Company.
' Bo, C *0 .
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. , Bahrain.
At tested*
3d* J *A*xt. CARitAC•
for Assistant 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. ,
Bahrain •

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The file contains papers concerning the British Government's decision in 1943 to sanction an increase in oil production in the Middle East.

The papers include: the agreement of the military authorities, 1943; papers of the War Cabinet Oil Control Board, November 1943 (including approval for the recommencement of drilling at Qatar); Foreign Office 'Survey of the Oil Resources of the Middle East' (with map and graph), 28 February 1945; Foreign Office map of 'Concession Areas in the Middle East', October 1946; papers dated 1946 concerning a memorandum entitled 'Oil and the Middle East' by K Stock of the Ministry of Fuel and Power; and papers concerning a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for trade statistics on the consumption of petroleum products in certain Middle Eastern countries, 1947.

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 (63 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 65, 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.

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