'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession'

Content

The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, His Majesty's Consul at Geneva (in French), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the settling of the dispute between Britain and Persia at the League of Nations, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession. Subjects also include the negotiations for a new concession with APOC and the definition of the territorial waters for the new concession area. The volume also includes newspaper cuttings on the subject, from The Times .

Extent and format

1 volume (180 folios)

Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 194-198). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, 2-17; then 18 and 18A; 19-21; 22 and 22A; 23-133; 134 and 134A and carries on until 203, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Some of the folios have been paginated in error, which means that the following numbers are missing from the foliation sequence: f. 48; f. 50; f. 52; f. 54; f. 56; f. 58; f. 60; f. 62; f. 64; f. 72; f. 74; f. 76; f. 80; f. 82; f. 101; ff. 103-105; f. 107; f. 109; f. 111; f. 113; f. 115; f. 117; f. 119; f. 121; f. 123; f. 125; f. 132; f. 138; f. 144.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/636

Former external reference(s)

Confidential series: F 94 A Series: 82/34

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Jan 1933-13 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

D'Arcy Concession, 1901Territorial waters

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeBritish Consulate-General, GenevaBritish Legation, Tehran

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