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Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.' [221r] (442/737)
The record is made up of 1 file (366 folios). It was created in 10 Jul 1939-12 Apr 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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INDIA Oi^PICE,
‘WHITEHALL,
S*17 # 1,
Ext. 4757/46.
( k)ecuL fact,
n+u / v ? uld y?, u Please refer to your letter No. AN. 1739/307/45 of
9th July on the subject of the Continental Shelf.
2 ’ Our^ doubts as to the desirability of taking imediato action,
whether by some general declaration of H.K.G's approval of the
principle of the U.S. proclamation or by the limited action of the
issue of.an Order in^Council applying the principle to the Bahamas
'' n . dai '-aica, have arisen from a desire not so much to postpone any
action in regard to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as to avoid queering our pitch
there by committing ourselves to the principles of the U.S.
proclamation before all the implications have been worked out.
The issue is a far bigger one in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
than in the West
Indies. It seems to us that the prospects of the riparian States
of the Gulf coming to any agreement as to the division of the sea
oed in accordance with "equitable principles" as laid down by
President Truman are very remote, and the Persian claim to Bahrein
(not to mention her more shadowy claims to the other Sheikhdoms)
will impose serious obstacles in the way of reaching agreement with
Persia oven on a dividing line down the middle of the Gulf between
Persia on the eastern or northern side and Saudi Arabia and H.H*G.
(on behalf of the Arab Sheikdoms) on the western or southern side.
Tn the absence of any agreement as to the division of the sea bed it
wall be difficult, if we commit ourselves to accepting that the
application of equitable principles shall be determined in
agreement with the State or States concerned, to take any unilateral
ac ion in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by way, for example, of approving the
grant of an oil concession by one of the Arab rulers over an area
outside territorial waters which in our opinion clearly ought to
iall to him, or of taking steps by physical occupation to
strengthen the claims of one or other of the Sheikhs to islands
outside the three-mile limit whose status is at present
undetermined (please see in this connection ny letter to Farrell
of the ministry of Fuel and Power dated 25th June enclosing
memoranda on the status of certain islands in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
).
It would at the same time make it difficult for us to contest any
claims by the Persians for complete sovereignty over the sea bed
and islands in their half of the Gulf.
3. It appears from your letter that the Foreign Office are
inclined to discount the suggestion that H.Ii.G# would be
committing themselves to the world-wide application of President
Irumans^proclamation by the issue of an Order-in-Council
proclaiming sovereignty over the submarine shelves srenn/i -i-w>
considerable areas
The problem in the
/Gulf
B.E.F.Gage, Esq.,
Foreign Office,
S.W.1.
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The file concerns the interest of the Kuwait Oil Company in exploring for submarine oil deposits beyond the limits of Kuwait's territorial waters, and the issue of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally, in the light of the United States Government's proclamation of 1945 concerning the continental shelf [the Truman Proclamation].
The papers include: a request from the Kuwait Oil Company to 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. for a ruling by the British Government on the extent of Kuwait territorial waters, and proposals that the company should acquire an oil concession beyond Kuwait's territorial waters, 1939; 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. minutes, and comments by the Admiralty, Petroleum Department, and Foreign Office concerning the issue, 1940; related maps; the decision that the issue should be left until the end of the war [the Second World War], 1940; copies of the proclamation issued by United States President Harry S Truman on 28 September 1945, stating that the resources on the continental shelf contiguous to the United States belonged to the United States [the Truman Proclamation] (e.g. folios 313-314); correspondence and memoranda from the Foreign Office, 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 Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Government of India, 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. , and the Colonial Office, and minutes of interdepartmental meetings, discussing the effect of the continental shelf policy on British territories, 1945-48; the specific implications of the continental shelf policy to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (for instance in the light of the Iranian claim to Bahrain); related maps; and a further expression of interest from the Kuwait Oil Company in obtaining marine oil rights beyond Kuwait territorial waters, October 1947.
There are no papers in the file dated 1941-44.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of a single letter from 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. , Kuwait (with English translation), dated 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 (366 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 367; 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.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:17v, 19r:51v, 52ar, 52r:69v, 73r:73v, 76r:80v, 82r:90v, 91v:120v, 122r:169v, 172r:172v, 174r:174v, 176r:195v, 199r:231v, 233r:251v, 262r:285v, 288r:293v, 299r:299v, 302r:312v, 315r:326v, 328r:330v, 332r:359v, back
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