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'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company' [206r] (416/452)
The record is made up of 1 file (222 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1934-28 Dec 1934. 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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to a question as to the period over which they had been
negotiating with the Sheihh they stated that negotiations
Had been proceeding since last April. When reminded
of the Shaikh's Treaty obligations in regard to the grant
Of concessions and of the faot +hn+ •
lact tnat their approach should
m the first place have been made to His Majesty's
Government or the political authorities concerned, they
answered that had they adopted that course they would not
to-day be so far advanced as they were. Mr. Hunting
o_j.erud no explanation of this remark. (Presumably he
may have meant that - as Lord Lloyd had alleged -
Majesty o eovornment supposed attitude towards the
---nglo-Persian Oil Company made his company think that they
had better try to confront us with a fait accompli so far
as P^siblel) They were, Mr# Hunting said, well aware
u "' ic3j t terms embodied in their concession were more
fa v oui able than those which had so far been offered by
tne Mu wait Oil Company and they doubted if the Kuwait
Gil Company were so far advanced as they might imagine.
J.G. LAITH:/'AITS.
29th November 1934.
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- Content
This file contains letters and agreements relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait. The papers discuss the legal and logistical details of the Kuwait Oil Company's initial operations. This includes copies of some of the official contracts signed by the Ruler of Kuwait in both English and Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 213-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/246
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 33r:35v, 37r:73v, 77r:94v, 96r:97v, 100r:114v, 116r:130v, 132r:132v, 149r:223v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence