Oil concessions in Dhofar

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Exploratory visit to Dhofar via Aden by a team from Cities Service Oil Company (associated with Phillips Petroleum) (1)
• Wendell Phillips (from Cities Service Oil Company) being denied permission to export two antique bronze statues from Beihan (2)
• Contract between Huntings Aerosurveys Limited and Dhofar Cities Service Petroleum Company to survey 25,000 square miles near Salalah (3)
• Dhofar Cities Service Petroleum Corporation's intention to drill for oil in the autumn. The Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) urge them not to proceed as the area is claimed by Saudi Arabia. R C Blackham warns that if oil is found the Dhofar-Eastern Aden Protectorate boundary definition will become increasingly important (4)
• Cities Service Oil Company's preparations for oil drilling (5-6)
• Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's desire for a new agreement based on those in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, if oil is found in Salalah (7)
• British interests linked to oil exploration by Cities Service Oil Company (8)
• Letter from ARAMCO to Cities Service Oil Company regarding boundary dispute [Map included]  (9)
• Saudi protest against oil companies north of Salalah (10)