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File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc' [245r] (494/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 27 Jun 1915-8 May 1919. 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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and address letter to—
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With reference to previous correspondence on the
subject of the protection of the Oil Fields and pipe line
in Arabistan, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to request that you will inform the Secretary
of State for India that they attach ^reat importance, from
a Naval point of view, to prompt action being taken which
will ensure that there shall be no interference with the —
oil supply. v
2. - They have studied the opinions of Sir P. Cox and
the Military Staff Officers, contained in the enclosure to
India Foreign Secretary’s letter 33 M. of the 14th August.
They concur generally in Sir Percy Cox’s Minute of the 18th
June and think that the conclusions drawn by the General
Staff in India are based upon presumptions which are hardly
justified in present circumstances. The most probable
contingency appears to be that the Bakhtiaris will remain
loyal to their engagements to His Majesty’s Government, and
that even should German influence succeed in stirring up the
country against us, they will not go so far as to damage
their own interests. In that case a comparatively small
force will suffice to keep lawless bands from damaging the
pipe line , and in consequence the serious measures suggested
by the General Staff as being necessary if any intervention
is undertaken will not be required.
3. - For these reasons My Lords would strongly
deprecate the removal of troops from Ahwaz for the present.
The Under Secretary of State ,
India Office
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia.
The volume covers:
- Defence of APOC property.
- Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan].
- Water supply of the oilfields.
- Creation of Inter-departmental Committee on the Defence of the Persian Oil Fields and its report (ff 230-235).
- Despatch of a small force to defend the oilfields in 1917.
- Acquiring British control over the oilfields.
- King's Regulation impeding to leave APOC without the consent of the Consul General for Fars, for the period of the war (f 110).
- Providing a guard for APOC's oilfields at Maidan-i-Neptun.
- Military training for European APOC employees.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, 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. ; William Graham Greene, Oswyn Murray and Edmond John Warre Slade, Admiralty; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
There are three maps within the file, 'Map A' (2 copies) on folios 264 and 271, and 'Part of River Karun' on folio 265.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 34r:54v, 56r:104v, 106r:108v, 110r:129v, 131r:144v, 148r:198v, 203r:208v, 214r:263v, 266r:270r, 270ar, 272r:272v, back-i
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