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Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.' [44r] (87/131)
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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Any reply to be addressed :—
The Secretary. _/ C
Telephone: AbbE1
Telegrams:
“Minfupo, Sowest, London.”
Reference:
Your Reference:
Peel ,
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MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER ^
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" ■ (PETROLEUM DIVISION),
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DEAN STANLEY STREET,
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LONDON, S.W.L
25th Novethb^r, 1943.
I 943 ^_J
I have just seen a copy of telegram No. 2691 ^.
uiressed to^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 ^ulf>
and U occurs to me that it might perhaps he desirable to
send a further telegram dealing with Kuwait*
Prom an oil production point of view, we feel that
the relative positions of Kuwait and Qatar are exactly
similar and we assume that for political reasons it would
also he embarrassing if operations were to he resumed
nne area and not in the other. It is true tnat
proposals in regard to Qatar are at ihe moment m a rather
more advanced stage, as far as we are concerned, than
those for Kuwait, hut in the United States tne position
is reversed and the Gulf Company have already been
discussing a resumption of operations at Kuwait with
the U.S. authorities*
We expect to he sending a telegram to Washington
on the subject of Kuwait in the course of the next da
or two and I will send you a copy, hut iu tne
I though you might wish to let 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.
know that similar proposals for Kuwait as for Qatar
in the offing.
Yours sincerely,
E. T. Peel, Esq. ,C.B^. ,M.C. ,
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.
, K “* ,c ‘*'—* - r *•
Whitehall, 9 g NOV1943
3.W.1.
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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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (63 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 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3959
- Title
- Coll 30/216 'Development of oil supplies in the Middle East.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 5v:7v, 11r:16v, 18r:27v, 29r:44r, 44ar:44av, 45r:64v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence