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PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East' [12r] (23/44)
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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Iraq Pet roleum Co mpany
This Company employs one German (Ex-Aastrian) geologist,
whose contract expires in Novemher 1940. The staff employed
in connection with the B«0.D. Concession, in which German and
Italian interests were represented, until control was
acquired recently hy the Iraq Petroleum Company, includes
four Germans - a driller, a workshop superintendent and two
mechanics from a German firm to run the engines supplied
hy that Company.
32 Germans are at present employed hy German contractors
on the erection of tanks au liirkuk, Tripoli and Haifa for the
Iraq Petroleum Co.
As regards the Haifa Refinery which is heing constructed
hy Consolidated Refineries Ltd. (a company owned jointly hy
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Shell Company),
Hr. Fraser states that no agreement has "been made with the
German Government, nor has one been contemplated whereby
German machinery is to he installed at Haifa and only German
Aryan technical experts are to he employed. As an essential
part of the refinery the Company intend to erect an S.0.2
plant, which will have to he obtained from a German company
and two German engineers will probably he employed by the
contractors for a few months on its erection.
As regards Italian personnel. Hr. I'raser states that
no Italians are employed hy any of the above mentioned
companies.
As was indicated at the meeting of the Committee -chere
are occasions when it is necessary to obtain special plant
from Germany and in connection with its erection to employ
German personnel. As an example of this in tnis county
Hr. Fraser has stated that three Germans are working at
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 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