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File 1421/1908 Pt 5 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co's surveys' [27r] (53/142)
The record is made up of 1 item (71 folios). It was created in Jul 1909-Apr 1910. It was written in English. 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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and address —
The Under-Secretary of State
i rm Oefina
tion on this subject, please quot
no. 436/10.
In any further communica
Foreign Office,
London.
January *£ . 1910.
Foreign Office
^ ( 2 )
Sir: -
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to ac-
,y knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd. In
stant relative to the survey of part of South-Western
Persia which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company desire to
carry out with the assistance of an officer of the In
dian Survey Department.
curs In the terras of the telegram addressed to the Gov
ernment of India on the 31st. ultimo, to the despatch
ing ohe conditions under which the Company now desire
I am to add that Sir E. Grey has caused the Com
pany to he informed of the steps which have been taken
in the matter.
I am to inform you in reply that Sir E. Grey con-
of which verbal consent was given at the time, embody-
to engage Mr. Scott for this work.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
le Under Secretary of State,
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.
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Part 5 consists of correspondence relating to a proposed survey of Western Persia by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures is correspondence from representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The papers cover the arrangements of the details of the survey, such as:
- financial assistance from the Government of India;
- the scale and extent of the survey;
- the loan of an Indian Survey Department officer to the company.
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- 1 item (71 folios)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/144/3
- Title
- File 1421/1908 Pt 5 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co's surveys'
- Pages
- 1r:8v, 9v:10v, 11v:23v, 26r:36v, 38r:46v, 48v:56v, 58r:69v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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