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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [‎5r] (9/178)

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The record is made up of 1 file (89 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935. 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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1. PROPOSED
PIPELINE
PROM THE
BRITISH OIL
DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY’S
CONCESSION
NEAR MOSUL
TO THE
MR. RSNDEL, v/ho 3 in the absence of Mr. Parkinson
was acting as Chairman, wished to express his regret,
which he felt sure was shared by all the Sub-Committee,
at the impending departure of Air Commodore Pierse and
Colonel Murray, who were attending the meeting for the
last time. He extended a welcome to their successors.
Colonel Mackesy and Group Captain Harris.
THE SUB-COMMITTEE had before them the following
paper:-
Memorandum by the Petroleum Department.
(paper No. M.E.(O) 93).
THE CHAIRMAN explained that this memorandum dealt
with the question of the transport to the Mediterranean
MEDITERRANEAN.
of any oil which might be obtained by the British Oil
Development Company under their concession from the
Iraqi Government. A new Company known as Mosul Oil Fields,
Ltd. had been formed to work the Concession. The
Company were apparently contemplating tne construction
of a pipeline from Mosul to Alexandretta along the northern
frontier of Syria. This alignment did not seem, however,
to have been finally decided on, and another alignment
v/as possible. A]_ternatively they might come to an agree
ment with the Iraq Petroleum Company for the use of the
latter’s pipeline system. The question for discussion
was what solution would be most advantageous from the
point of view of British interests, and what action, if
any, could be taken by His Majesty's Government to ensure
that such a solution were adopted. The matter was,
however, one of great difficulty, and it was not clear
how His Majesty’s Government Could intervene.
SIR ALFRED FAULKNER explained that recent develop
ments had rendered this question even more difficult.
Mosul Oil Fields Ltd. had recently suggested that His

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The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq.

It includes:

  • Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies.
  • Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 1933, concerning the British Oil Development Company’s proposed pipeline from its concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean.
  • Papers regarding the official opening of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline connecting the oil-field at Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Haifa, on 14 January 1935.

The papers include 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. minute papers, correspondence, and three newspaper cuttings from The Times . The correspondence is largely between Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative, Baghdad), and Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other correspondents include: the 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. ; the High Commissioner of Iraq; the Colonial Office; Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Petroleum Company; and the [British Government] Petroleum Department (Mines Department).

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 (89 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse 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 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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