ARAMCO's activities in Saudi Arabia. Code ES file 1532 (papers 1 to 23)

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The Arabian American Oil Company's (ARAMCO) desire to sell oil for sterling and pay royalties in sterling (1)
• ARAMCO’s oil production figures for 1949 (2)
• Extracts from ARAMCO's report to the Saudi Arabian Government for 1948 (3)
• Revised royalty agreement between the Saudi Arabian Government and ARAMCO (4)
• Oil construction work, including a copy of a letter from the Jeddah Commercial Secretariat to the Kuwait Agency respecting a rumoured contract from American Tapline and ARAMCO to the British firm Wimpey (5)
• The American use of soft currency (6)
• Further enquiries into alleged revision of oil royalties by ARAMCO (7)
• Extracts from a report on ARAMCO's activities that are pertinent to the question of the recent criticism of Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) by an American labour expert (8)
• UK payment for Saudi Arabian oil, including the Treasury draft for a Foreign Office conversation with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador (9)
• Negotiations for a sterling oil agreement (10)
• Colonel Eddy's views on the Caltex Agreement and other oil activities in Saudi Arabia (11)
• Comments on the general attitude of ARAMCO to the Saudi Arabian Government (12)
• Labour statistics in Saudi Arabia from the 1949 ARAMCO Annual Report (13)
• Payment of royalties in gold by the Iraq Petroleum Company to the Saudi Arabian Government (15)
• Discussions regarding the sterling payment of royalties (16)
• Treasury suggestions regarding the figure of £2 million relating to the Caltex Agreement and ARAMCO's difficulties (17)
• Record of the Treasury meeting held on 22 September on ARAMCO's difficulties (18)
• Treasury draft for Jeddah relating to the ARAMCO situation (19)
• Letter to the Bank of England giving an account of the British Board of Iran's lack of interest in the Saudi Arabian sterling business (20)
• Caltex Agreement, including a suggestion for Mr Loombe to assist in talks with the Saudi Arabians (21)
• Discussion on the proposal for Mr Loombe to visit Ibn Saud (22)
• Travels of Messrs Loombe and Spiers (23)