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PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East' [‎3r] (5/44)

The record is made up of 1 file (20 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1938-May 1939. 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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THE EMPLOYKEiIT CP CgR?/IAN3 I N OIL I2TSTALL,iTIONS
IN THE M IDDLE E.-.ST .
THE SUB-COMMITTEE had under consideration two
Notes by the Petroleum Department (Papers Nos.
M.E. (0) 293 and 299) and a Memorandum hy the War Office
(Paper No. M.E. (0) 295),
THE CHAIRMAN reminded the Sub-Committee that they
had had this question under consideration at their
last meeting on the 20th December. 1933, The
Memoranda now before them arose from the conclusions
of that meeting. He asked whether the War Office had
any comments to make on the explanations provided by
the Oil Companies through the Petroleum
Department. It appeared that the Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company was well alive to the dangers involved in
employing German personnel.
COLONEL CA /THORN said that the explanations were
satisfactory as far as they went,, but the War Office
felt that the employment of Germans, however well they
were watched, entailed serious risk of sabotage in
war.
MR. STARLING pointed out that the Iraq
Petroleum Company was an International Company, in which
British interests only held a share of the capital and that
the Government were not in a position to dictate
to the Company,
COLONEL CAWTHORN referred' to action taken by the
French in similar cir^uius+^nces in only allowing foreign
personnel to be employed for a certain time and in
restricted numbers. He understood that the Iraq

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The file consists of papers regarding an investigation by the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East relating to the employment of German nationals in oil installations, particularly by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited and Iraq Petroleum Company.

It contains: notes from the War Office, Petroleum Department, and Secretary to the Sub-Committee; and agendas and minutes for Sub-Committee meetings on 20 December 1938 and 1 May 1939. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (20 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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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