Relations between the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) and the Saudi Arabian Government; decree cancelling income tax exemption for oil companies' gross profits. Code ES file 1531 (papers 19 to end)

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Translation of a Royal Decree which cancels exemption from Saudi income tax of such parts of oil companies' gross profits which have been paid in taxes outside Saudi Arabia (19)
• Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) Saudi Arabian oil negotiations, including the US State Department's views and a summary of the Saudi Arabian demands and the company's attitude towards them; the possibility of negotiations being adjourned during Ramadhan (20-22)
• Saudi and American Government, including the Arabian American Oil Company negotiations (23)
• Comments on an article from the New York Herald Tribune on ARAMCO's activities and training (24)
• ARAMCO negotiations adjourned (25)
• ARAMCO Saudi Arabian oil negotiations, including summaries of the past and present stages in the negotiations; discussions between the Petroleum Attaché and Duce; the demands presented by Saudi Arabia (26-28)
• Middle East oil policy (29)
• Comments on the demands made on ARAMCO by Saudi Arabia (30)
• ARAMCO negotiations and the possibility of new oil concessions in Saudi Arabia (31)
• ARAMCO and the Saudi Arabian frontier (33)
• Copies of a letter of 11 July from Mr Voss of ARAMCO and latest two-year Currency Utilisation Forecast for comment (34)
• ARAMCO negotiations (35-36)
• Cartography of ARAMCO's 1952 report (37)
• ARAMCO negotiations: information regarding Mr Naughton; negotiations unlikely to be resumed until Naughton's report is submitted; a letter of 17 September from Voss of ARAMCO and the latest two-year Currency Utilisation Forecast (38-39)
• Comments on ARAMCO's book The Areas East of El Hasa Province (40)
• No response from the Saudi Arabian Government on whether negotiations are to be re-opened (41)