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'File 4/34 Kuwait Territorial Waters' [3r] (5/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (54 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1946-27 May 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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Ext. 5179/1946
Ministry of Fuel and Power,
Petroleum division,
7 Millbank,
London, S.Vil.l.
PL.98/6 .
2 5th July 1946
Dear Harrison,
Youwill probably remember that in 1940 the Kuv;ait Oil
Company raised with 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.
a nimber of questions conc
erning; oil concessions outside the territorial waters of Kuwait.
At the same time they asked for a ruling on the extent of Kuwait
territorial waters. The question of concessions outside
territorial waters obviously must be decided in the light of the
more general decision on the continental shelf question, but it
occurs to us that we shoiild now try to settle the more limited
question raised, namely the extent of Kuwait's territorial
waters. At the time this question was discussed by departments
the Admiralty in their letter of the 12th June, 194C, L.05357/40
suggested a solution, but did not wish the questions raised by
the Company to be f rther discussed curing the war period.
The point at issue in the discussion of the extent of
territorial waters was whether Kuwait Bay would be regarded as an
historic bay; there were no awkward questions involving boundary
disputes with other Etates. It should, therefore, be
comparatively simple to settle this question and it must
obviously first be settled before we can go on to discuss
allocations of extra territorial waters to Kuwait. ^ I would be
glad, therefore, if you would consider the possibility
of resuscitating this particular question and obtaining a firm
decision.
I am sending copies of this letter to bodds of the
Admiralty and V/ikely at the Foreign Office.
Yours &c.,
(Sd) J.W. Farrell
F.A.K. Harrison, Esq.,
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.
,
Whitehall, S^Y.l.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legal status of the water just of Kuwait bay and the extent of Kuwait's territorial waters. It also contains broader discussions concerning the delineation of the continental shelf in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The correspondence is primarily between British Government officials, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic accompanied by English translations) and officials of the Kuwait Oil Company.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains notes of a meeting concerning the continental shelf in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , which was held at the Foreign Office on 23 October 1947, with representatives of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Admiralty, and the Commonwealth Relations Office all present.
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- 1 file (54 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; 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 3-56; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and have been 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/15/5/221
- Title
- 'File 4/34 Kuwait Territorial Waters'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 31r:32v, 34r:41v, 43r:48v, 50r:51v, 53r:55v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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