Oil

This file contains:

• Correspondence and reports concerning the progress of the negotiations between the Arabican American Oil Company (ARAMCO) and the Government of Saudi Arabia. It includes a cutting from the Financial Times (1-3)
• Correspondence regarding the signing of a new agreement between ARAMCO and Saudi Arabia (5-7)
• Copies of the press releases produced by ARAMCO and the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company (Tapline) along with a map showing the concession areas (8)
• English translations of the agreements which the Saudi Arabian Government concluded with ARAMCO and Tapline on 24 March along with analysis of and comments on the agreements. It includes maps showing the concession areas retained by ARAMCO under the agreement (9)
• Map of the ARAMCO concession areas produced by the Saudi Arabian Government (10)
• Report of a further agreement, relating to marketing costs, concluded between the Saudi Arabian Government and ARAMCO on 24 April (11)
• Account of the visit of HM Ambassador in Saudi Arabia C T Crowe to the ARAMCO operations in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (12)
• Copy of the former agreements between ARAMCO and the Saudi Arabian Government (13)
• Analysis of the local standing of ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia, in comparison with that of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited in Kuwait (14)
• Correspondence regarding Paul Getty's relations with the Saudis (15-16)
• Request for maps showing the concession areas still retained by ARAMCO (17)