'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'

Title:

'ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'

Contributor:

British Legation to Saudi Arabia (correspondent)
Arabian American Oil Company (correspondent)

Date:

1948/1949

Description:

This file concerns economic developments in Saudi Arabia, including extracts from 'Saudi Arabia Monthly Economic Report. January/February 1948' (f 2) and March 1948 (f 7); extracts from 'Review of Middle East Press' dated 1 May 1948 (folio 3) and 28 May 1948 (folios 4-6); and a copy of an extract from a letter, dated 29 April 1948, from His Majesty's Ambassador at Jedda to Ernest Bevan, Foreign Secretary (folio 8). Subjects covered include: Aramco, developments in the Hedjaz [al-Ḥijāz], the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Corporation, the Saudi Arabian National Bank, oilfields at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān], commercial activities, and mining and oil.1 file (10 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover on folio 1 and terminates at the back cover on folio 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-10; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Petroleum industry
Economic and social development

Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002d2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002d2_en
IOR/R/15/2/483

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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