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'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession' [‎2r] (18/362)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 28 Jan 1933-13 Jul 1939. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the 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. .

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interest; ana t&« promlsea series under fcto® title "tae
d'Aroy sorsp of peper" has aot yet Appeared. la its issue
of the 13th January this paper criticises a statement made
fey the 'ifear jjast' on the 19th Isecemher to the effect that
the approval ef the Majlis to the oaucellatios of the d'Arey
coaceasioii was given because of the faet that the
precipitate action of the Oovemaeat without previous
sanction of the aajlls was irregular} so that the retroaotivi
approval of the Majlis gave validity to the previous aot
of the shah, {the allusion appears to he to the passage
headed "Action of the .fajlie * in the Bear Mm* of Oeoember
89th). The Shafaq's eoaaent is that Mis IfaiJesty is
hiaself the expressicm of the thoughts and of the Ideals
of both Majlis and people, and therefore no one can conceive
the least separation between the Shah and his govern'sent.
0» the 17th January the evening paper
"Ittili'lt", published a statesent tnat onsieur
Veyaourtache"waa confined, under surveillance, in his own
'
house* rots thence forward the press has unanimously
and progressively begun to abuse the former Minister of
Court. He is now not even given a ".tensieur* in front
of his nana} he is slnply Teyaourtache, an individual who
was, it is true, employed for a tiae as Minister of Court,
but who really had no power or responsibility except that
which the august sovereign deigned to allow hla in the
execution of the royal coasaandsj the attitude of the
iirltiah press in alleging that he had groat influence and
power is derided: and the mere fact that the London
papers dare to say such a thing is shown to be an obvious
proof that Teysourtache was a creature of the British, for
which no doubt he received financial consideration, the
newspaper ''i^joBhirti" published on the 2&th January a
translation from a French paper saying that the ex-Ministsr
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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 .

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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.

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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.

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