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'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company' [166r] (336/452)
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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p.z. 7815/34
21st December 1934.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India
to state that he has d under consideration your letter
of 28th November, PLH/WGL* , on the question of the grant
of an oil concession in Koweit to Messrs.Traders Limited.
2. On receipt of your letter of 28th November, which was
the first intimation which he received from your Company
that they were interested in the matter, the Secretary of
State took ste]5s to ascertain from the Sheikh of Koweit
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the position in regard to his relations with Traders ^
Limited. The Sheikh has now stated in reply to this enquiry
that the letter of 2nd September to Mr.Gabriel, of which a
copy was enclosed in your letter under reference, was not
in any way intended to r epresent the grant ox a concession
to your Company by him. He added that as he had heaid
nothing further from your Company subsequently to the date
of that letter he informed Mr. Gabriel on 12th December
that he was about to come to terms with the Kuwait Oil
Company and that on 15th December he t elegraphed to Mr.
Gabriel that he had done so and that further conversations
with your Company must cease.
3. I am to explain that His Majesty’s Government
have for some considerable time been guided in regard to the
question of the grant of oil concessions in Koweit, by
certain definite principles which they felt bound to uaopt
in view of the special circumstances of the case, ana which
are well known to the Sheikh and to the various
applicants who have from time to time approached His
Majesty’s/
•Hunting Esq.,
/0 * Messrs.E.A. Gibson & Co.Ltd.,
Leadenhall Street, E.C.
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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.
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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence