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PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East' [9r] (17/44)
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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IN THE MIDDLE SAST,
1
Prom information contained in I;i.E e (0) 293 it
would seem that the employment of G-emans and Italians
in oil installations in the Middle East, while apparently
unavoidable, is being kept to a minimum.
information contained in an intelligence report from a
most secret source dated 9th December, 1938, concerning
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. According to this report
(a) Few restrictions are placed upon entry into
the Refinery, and sabotage on a large
scale could be carried out without much
difficulty. During December a
representative of the Frankfurter Zeitung
was a guest of the Company and given free
access to the oil plant.
(b) An aerial survey of the whole of the
Company's plant can be bought as a souvenir.
I think that the Company’s attention should be
drawn to these facts and to the unnecessary risks which
apparently are being incurred.
plan exists for the internment of unfriendly aliens in
Palestine and Trans-Jordan on the oubreak of war, and
that the Air Ministry have been asked to take similar
steps in Iraq,
2
What is not so satisfactory, however, is the
3
The Committee may be interested to know that a
(Signed) J.N. KENNEDY
Deputy Director of Military
Operations.
The War Office
13th February, 1939
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (20 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/271
- Title
- PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:21v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence