File 3877/1912 Pt 5 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil interests’

IOR/L/PS/10/302/3

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The record is made up of 1 part (29 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1914-23 Aug 1917. 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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A chronological continuation of File 3877/1912 Pt 3 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil interests’, Part 5 comprises correspondence following the annulment of the 19 March 1914 agreement on oil concessions in Mesopotamia, which discusses the wider implications of the war on oil concessions in Turkey, and anticipation of post-war agreements. The principal correspondents are: the Assistant Undersecretary to the Foreign Office (Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen); Secretary of the Political Department of the 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. (Sir Arthur Hirtzel); the Director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC, Charles Greenway).

The correspondence includes:

  • discussion of the elimination of German interests in Turkey and Arabia;
  • the split between Britain and France of former Ottoman territories;
  • existing APOC claims in the Mesopotamian vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad;
  • Shell Royal Dutch Group’s claims in the Mesopotamian oil concessions.
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1 part (29 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.

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English in Latin script
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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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IOR/L/PS/10/302/3
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P 3877/1912 Pt 5

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19 Mar 1914-23 Aug 1917 (CE, Gregorian)

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