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IOR/L/PS/12/1507
- Record Id:
- 040-000556519
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556455
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00002a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035874047.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/1507
- Title:
- Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Petroleum Concessions Limited to be allowed to survey areas of the Aden Protectorate for oil exploration purposes.
The file includes a formal request received from the company, plus details of a meeting held between a company representative and the Aden Chief Commissioner, Bernard Reilly. This includes details of the areas of the Protectorate to be visited; the anticipated means of travel; a request for assistance from the Royal Air Force; the type and duration of exploration license to be granted; and a request that the exploration party be granted the status of formal Government survey party.
The file also contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Air Council, and the Foreign Office, regarding the potential difficulties of according the expedition the status of a formal Government survey party (they wished to avoid setting a precedent). The Foreign Office suggest that the Government of Aden appoint their own surveyor to conduct a survey on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and that the company's exploration team could then informally accompany the Government surveyor.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556455
040-000556519 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512 : Political (External) Collection 1: Aden
IOR/L/PS/12/1507 : Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0002]/037-000556455[0064]/040-000556519
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (25 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00002a
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 10 Nov 1936-6 Mar 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 1/70
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)