'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession'

The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Sheikh of Qatar. The volume includes:. draft dated 14 December 1933 of the 75 years' agreement between A.P.O.C. and the Sheikh (ff. 27-47); letter dated 4 July 1933 regarding the boundaries of Qatar from the Political Agent in Kuwait, N. R. P. Dickson, to the Political Resident in Bushire (f. 56); telegram 2 January 1934 sent by the Resident to the Secretary of State for India which says that the Sheikh demands 500.000 rupees per year in addition to royalties and A.P.O.C. 'considers this exorbitant and inspired by prospects of American competition' referring to Standard Oil of California (f. 61); comments on the draft concession from the India Office and minutes of meetings held at the India Office on 21 December 1933 'to secure British exploitation' (ff. 104-125 and following); telegram 10 January 1934 from the Political Resident to the Secretary of State for India containing political opinions on the Sheikh of Qatar (ff. 174-175); draft of the Concession dated 11 December 1933 (ff. 181-189); copy of the 1916 Anglo-Qatar treaty (ff. 203-204); Haji Williamson's political notes on Qatar, with genealogical tree of the al Thani family (ff. 224-233); letter from the Political Resident in Bushire to the Government of India in New Delhi, planning a visit to the Sheikh to offer protection in exchange for the concession to APOC; There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 243-247).

The items in the volume are arranged in chronological order from earliest to latest with earlier documents attached to the file. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 243-247. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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