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'Confidential 86/22 - i A.78. GWADAR OIL' [197r] (398/446)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1937-21 Jul 1938. 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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P. 2.44-80/1938.
M. 03354/38.
Admiralty,
Isrlilitary Branch.
27th June, 1938.
Dear Gibson,
n.8 Jarrett is away, I am writing in reply to your
letter of the 19 th May (P.z. 3424/38) about the Gwadur Oil
Gwadur Oil Concession should go to the Burraah Oil Company rather
than to the half-.jnerican (and presumably American controlled)
Indian Oil Concessions. We have, however, no special comments
to make on the terms of the two Companies* offers, except that
article 17 of the Burmah Company's offer in their letter of the
28th April enables the Company to transfer their concession to
M any other company” and Indian Oil Concessions appear to ask for
similar powers in the preamble to their draft, in which the term
M company” is stated to include their ’’heirs and assigns’*. r e
think that at least some definite provision should be made in the
Political Agreement to the effect that transfer would be
conditional on the assent of H.M. Government, and would prefer
that similar provision should be made, if possible, in the
concession ibseli. as regards the Burmah Company, it would
presumably be stated in the Political .agreement that consent
would be given to transfer only to a British company, and should
to stipulate that British interests shall be maintained at at
least the strength (50%) which they apparently have to maintain to
satisfy Indian law, and that transfer will not be permitted to any
company with less British interest.
of Political Agreements between H.M. Government and the Companies,
which is being adopted for Muscat, being followed in this instance.
It/
, Bscj.*
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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Concession.
2 .
The Admiralty considers it very desirable that the
the concession go to Indian Oil Concessions, it should be possible
3* We have no objection to the procedure for the exchange
3. ». 1.
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The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between 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. (Trenchard Craven Fowle), 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. at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts), 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. (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Olaf Kirkpatrick Careo, William Rupert Hay), the Agent to the Governor General for Baluchistan (Alfred Alan Lethbridge Parsons), the Sultan of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd), the Burmah Oil Company (William Ernest V Abraham, W A Gray, John H L Brownrigg) and Indian Oil Concessions Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne, Lloyd Nelson Hamilton, Joseph Paul McCulloch) regarding a possible concession for the Jabal-i-Mehdi [Koh Mehdi] area of Gwadur [Gwadar] belonging to the Sultan of Muscat.
The correspondence covers initial enquiries by both companies to His Majesty’s Government expressing interest in a concession through to the commencement of negotiations and the submission of draft concession agreements for the Sultan’s consideration.
Also discussed in the volume is the boundary between Gwadur and Kalat [Kalāt] which would need to be demarcated before approval could be given for an oil concession at Gwadur. The correspondence discusses relations between the Khan of Kalat (Aḥmad Yār K̲h̲ān) and the Sultan of Muscat, including recent disagreements between both parties over customs and trade, and suggesting possible processes that could be followed in order to demarcate the boundary.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 206-216.
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- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folio 2 comprising of subject headings and page references. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 221; 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 6-216; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'Confidential 86/22 - i A.78. GWADAR OIL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 11r:14v, 16r:17v, 22r:29v, 31r:31v, 35r:36v, 39r:39v, 41r:53v, 56r:63v, 69r:71v, 73r:84v, 92r:110v, 124r:124v, 139r:139v, 141r:145v, 147r:147v, 150r:151v, 164r:170v, 177r:177v, 183r:184v, 186r:187v, 189r:189v, 191r:201v, 204r:220v, back-i
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