'File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat' [34r] (78/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1937-16 Oct 1937. 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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PETROLEUM C ONCES S1ONS
LIMITEDe
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P
Z.3603/1937.
Ro.366
CITY-GATE HOUSE,
PiNSBURY SQUARE,
LONDON, EoC.2
3rd June, 1937.
Dear Mr. Walton,
Wi ch. i ef erence to our telephone conyorsation of
chib arternoon, I 'Vvrito to Gonfirm that we have been
unable to secure the services of Mr. Myites for the
Muscat negotiations,
With your concurrence we are therefore sending
Mr. Lormitte to Muscat to conduct the negotiations, and
are replacing him by Mr. H. J. Wratislaw.
Mr. Lermitto was sent out to Bahrain at the
beginning of the year, to act as Assistant to our Bahrain
Manager, Mr. Packer. Mr. Packer being now on leave,
Mr. Dermictc is acting as Manager. Particulars of
Mr. Lcrmittc were given m Mr. Longrigg^s letter PC.46/188
dated the 26th October last to Mr. Clauson, which letter
v/as acknowledged by Mr. Clauson in his letter P.Z. 7701/36
of the 28th October.
Mr. H. J. Wratislaw is the son of Mr.A. C.W:ratislaw,
C.3.,C.M.G.,C.B.E., who was Consul-General at Salonica
during the war and subsequently Consul-General, Beirut.
Mr. H. J. Wratislaw is a British subject, who both before
and after the war was employed as an Inspector under the
Ottoman Public Debt Administration. During the war he
v/as interned in Turkey. Ho joined the Iraq petroleum
Company in May, 1932, and in September last he was
transferred to Petroleum Concessions Limited and sent to
Jeddah/
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory.
The discussion in the volume relates to the following main issues:
- Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
- Discussions with Standard Oil of California regarding the awarding of a separate concession for Dhofar
- The proposed exploration by Petroleum Concessions Limited of the area adjacent to Oman's mountain range
- The negotiations concerned with an agreement for an oil concession in 'Muscat territory'
- Demarcation of boundaries between Muscat and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms.
Included in the volume is a copy of the draft agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Ltd (ff 59-65).
The file also includes a report (ff 106-114) by 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. , Bahrain (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) 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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , giving his views on how the 'advent of oil must alter our policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' and the necessity of penetrating into the interior and communicating with the tribal rulers there. He also discusses the ramifications of this including the demarcation of boundaries. Another document (folio 127) of interest is the 'NOTE ON CONDITIONS IN THE HINTERLAND SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST OF THE TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' prepared by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited. The note concerns the company's assessment of tribal boundaries and implications for development of oil concessions.
Also included (folio 17) is a handwritten letter in Arabic by Sultan Sa'id bin Taimur to 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. , Muscat concerning arrangements for a survey of Dhofar province.
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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. , Muscat (Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts); the Secretary of State for India; the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India (M J Clauson); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; 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. ; Petroleum Concessions Ltd (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg).
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- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 217; 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 between ff 2-217; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- 'File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat'
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