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PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East' [17r] (33/44)
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 response to a Question, MR. STARLING said that
the Iraq Petroleum Company was under international
control. The British interest was not a controlling
interest. There were also American, Lutch ana French
interests, and the Americans in particular took; the
line that they must employ the best technical personnel
irrespective of nationality. He was assured by Mr.
Fraser, the Deputy Chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Company,
that the position in respect of foreign employees was
carefully watched, and he suggested an approach to
Mr. Fraser with a view to obtaining the real facts.
THE CHAIRMAN agreed that the first move was to
investigate the facts, but asked what the position would
be in war or in time of crisis, if it should prove
impossible to obtain the removal of German ana Italian
employees in peace?
MR. LED saia that a somewhat similar state of affairs
had recently come to notice in the copper mines in
Northern Rhodesia, where, similarly, American capital
had an interest in the companies concerned. The
companies were being asked to give an assurance that the
contracts of German and Czechoslovakian employees would
not be renewed on expiry and he understood that they
would be prepared to agree to this.
AIR. STARLING said that certain German employees
working on refinery extensions in Great Britain were
recalled to Germany during the recent European crisis
and actually left their posts. It might be difficult
and in some cases impracticable to obtain the dis
missal of foreign employees in peace. The important
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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