File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit.'

Title:

File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit.'

Date:

1931/1932

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Kuwait.The discussion in the volume relates to:The 'nationality clause' whereby any concession granted had to be to a British concernCorrespondence between British officials in London and the Gulf as to how to respond to the request of an American company to be allowed to bid for an oil concession in KuwaitComparison of draft agreements for an oil concession between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, or alternatively, an American company, e.g. the Eastern and General Syndicate LimitedCorrespondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, and United States Embassy in London concerning the concessionConcerns of the Admiralty Office over strategic reserves of oil for the Royal Navy.Included in the volume is a report (ff 430-433) by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), of the views of Major Frank Holmes, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, on the possibility of oil being found in Kuwait, Bahrain and the Gulf generally.The principal correspondents include: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the General Manager, Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Neville A Gass); the Advocate, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (Frank Holmes); the Secretary, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (H T Adams); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); and the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, the United States Embassy, London (Ray Atherton).The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 457; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence between ff 31-457, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions
Oil extraction

Geographic region:

Kuwait

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000377_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000377_en
IOR/L/PS/10/991
IOR/L/PS/10/991

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