Oil exploration off Gwadur

This file relates to oil exploration off Gwadur [Gwadar]. It includes correspondence concerning:

• Negotiations relating to Pakistan's attempts to purchase Gwadur from Oman
• Price considerations in the Gwadur negotiations relating to the possibility of discovering oil in the territory
• Boundary issue concerning Gwadar's oil concessions and Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's rights
• Negotiation of a percentage arrangement for oil discovered in Gwadur for Sultan Saeed and the issue of boundary determination
• HMG's discussions with Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Ikramullah, leading figure in the administration of Pakistan, over the terms to be offered to the Sultan
• Chaudhry's offer to the Sultan for a sale-cum-lease of Gwadur: (a) a single payment of 2 million pounds in case oil is found in commercial quantities and of 1 million pounds even if no oil is found or (b) half a million pounds plus a 5% of Pakistan's share of oil profits for a defined number of years, with the oil area to be defined
• The Sultan's negative reaction upon learning that the Pakistan Government had approached Wendell Phillips and asked him to use his influence with the Sultan to sell or lease Gwadur to Pakistan
• Information relating to the Gwadur boundary, including a hand-drawn pencil map
• Text extract from the Baluchistan District Gazetteer, Volume VII, Makran, 1906 'Boundaries of Gwadar'
• Chronological summary of evidence on the Gwadur frontier from Bahrain residency sources
• Discussions between HMG and the Pakistan Government concerning the Gwadur boundary
• Draft aide memoire to be presented to the Sultan proposing the terms of the agreement