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'Iraq.
No. 316.
Sir,
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APPENDIX E.
Downing Street,
6 October, 1921.
I iiave^ the honour to transmit to you herewith, in continuation of my
telegram No. 406 dated September 27th, copy of correspondence with the
Foreign Office, on the subject of the site of the Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany’s refinery.
I share the view of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that
ber^SOth ^ ® e P tem it is impracticable, bavin - regard to the correspondence
^From ' f. 0 Sep- h as passed with the United States Government,
ternber, 26th. to proceed further, pending the' determination of
the legal status of ‘Iraq, with the negotiations for the lease of the site m
question to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. In the meantime you will,
I trust, be able to arrange for the company to remain in occupation of the
site on such terms as will give the United States Government no grounds
for imputing a want of good faith to His Majesty’s Government. In this
connection I would refer you to paragraph 6 of Foreign Office letter dated
September 26th 1921. The Directors of the Company in England will be
informed privately how matters stand.
I shall be glad if you will report in due course what provisional
arrangements you have been able to make.
A duplicate of this letter is being sent by air mail.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
WINSTON CHURCHILL,
To
High Commissioner
Major-General SIR PERCY CON, g.c.i.e., k.c.s.l, k.c.m.g.,
&c., &c.
Enclosure to Desjjatch No. 316 of 6th October 1921
Copy.
46534/1921.
Downing Street,
20th September, 1921.
Sir,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Churchill to refer to the correspondence
referred to in the margin, relating to land occupied
August, 17th. by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s refinery on the
August, 21th. Diyalah, and to say that subject to any observations
September, 16th. ^ Marque / S Curzon of Kedleston may wish to
make, Mr. Churchill proposes to approve the course of action suggested by
Sir P. Cox, as the only course in which any hope of success lies.
I am to ask that in view of the urgency of the question an early reply
m<iy be furnished. •
I am, etc.,
(Sd.) J. E. SHUCKBURGH,
To
The Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office.