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File 4919/1912 Pt 2 'Abu Musa Oxide Concession: transmission of files of German Consulate at Bushire' [‎23r] (45/64)

The record is made up of 1 volume (32 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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From - Gsrinctr Ambassador, .London.
io - imperial Chancellor, Berlin.
London, 12th december 1911.
No. Ill a’ 17097/11.
In continuation of 5
despatch dated 1st j
April xast and corn-5
muni cat ion of (j
51/10/1911. l
In a Note of the 6th instant the Foreign Office
has sent me in duplicate (copy herewith) the long-expected
second nemo: of the British Government relative to the Abu
nusa affair.
c o v e r i n e
In the/Bote of same date copy of which is forwarded
herewith the British Government inform me that in their
opinion the results of the further investigations undertaken
on receipt of the second German Memo: and reproduced in this
their nemo: completely justify the English standpoint in the
whole question.
As however they do not wish to continue any longer the
dispute, which has already xasted nearly 4 years, or to
cause the commercial house interested any further loss, and
as they moreover have endeavoured from the beginning and
still are endeavouring to treat the whole question in dis
pute in the friendxiest spirit possible, the British Govern
ment propose^ settlement of the dispute on the lines of the
following compromise:-
1. ihe English Government recognise the desire of Messrs
vVonckhaus and Co. for compensation for the interruption of
their work - an interruption which is to be attributed to
the fact that Hassan Samaih was not in a position to carry
cut his contract with the firm - and are ready to facilitate
the fulfilment of this wish. The English Government propose
that the firm should submit to them, through the German Go
vernment an exact account of their claims for compensation
under this heading, as they (British Government) have
hitherto

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The file consists of English translations of six letters originally written by the German Consul, Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann) to the German Imperial Chancellor, Berlin (Dr Theobold von Bethmann-Hollweg) and also from the German Ambassador, London (Count Wolff Metternich). The letters are dated between May and July 1910 and discuss the concession for the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa. They are accompanied by a covering letter from the Under Secretary of State for India to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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1 volume (32 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 32; these numbers are printed or written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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