سياسي (خارجي) ٨٣٦١/٣٨ "توظيف مواطنين ألمان في منشآت نفطية في الشرق الأوسط" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٤٤/٢٣)

Iraq Pet roleum Co mpany
This Company employs one German (Ex-Aastrian) geologist,
whose contract expires in Novemher 1940. The staff employed
in connection with the B«0.D. Concession, in which German and
Italian interests were represented, until control was
acquired recently hy the Iraq Petroleum Company, includes
four Germans - a driller, a workshop superintendent and two
mechanics from a German firm to run the engines supplied
hy that Company.
32 Germans are at present employed hy German contractors
on the erection of tanks au liirkuk, Tripoli and Haifa for the
Iraq Petroleum Co.
As regards the Haifa Refinery which is heing constructed
hy Consolidated Refineries Ltd. (a company owned jointly hy
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Shell Company),
Hr. Fraser states that no agreement has "been made with the
German Government, nor has one been contemplated whereby
German machinery is to he installed at Haifa and only German
Aryan technical experts are to he employed. As an essential
part of the refinery the Company intend to erect an S.0.2
plant, which will have to he obtained from a German company
and two German engineers will probably he employed by the
contractors for a few months on its erection.
As regards Italian personnel. Hr. I'raser states that
no Italians are employed hy any of the above mentioned
companies.
As was indicated at the meeting of the Committee -chere
are occasions when it is necessary to obtain special plant
from Germany and in connection with its erection to employ
German personnel. As an example of this in tnis county
Hr. Fraser has stated that three Germans are working at
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