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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [10r] (19/178)
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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Aleppo, which ran through French territory. had
used this argument in his discussions with Viscount
G^schen, Chairman of Mosul Oilfields Ltd.
THE CHAIRMAN observed that the present situation seemed
far too speculative to render any satisfactory agreement
between the two Companies possible. Until Mosul Oil Fields
Ltd. had definitely struck oil and the quality of that oil
had been proved, the I.P.C. could hardly be expected to
commit themselves to any arrangement.
MR. STARLING mentioned the possibility of the Italian
group ultimately securing control of Mosul Oil Fields Ltd.
by buying up shares at present held by the British group.
He asked what the effect of this would be on the position.
THE CHAIRMAN replied that, in his view, such a
development would not necessarily be to our disadvantage,
since the Italians would probably prefer that the terminal
of the pipeline should not be under French control, and might
therefore be all the readier to reach some agreement by which
that terminal should be at Haifa.
The question of the security of a piepline along the
northern frontier of Syria was then further discussed.
SIR EDGAR LUDLOW-HEWITT pointed out that the French
forces in Syria were amply sufficient to protect the pipe
line against any ordinary risks, from e.g. marauding oands.
The only real dangers would be either a war between France
and Turkey or the peaceful absorption of northern Syria
by Turkey.
SIR FRANCIS HUMPHRYS pointed out that in either event
the situation would be extremely serious for the Iraqi
Government, as Mosul would be threatened from its West
flank.
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- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (89 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse 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 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2882
- Title
- Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:37v, 44r:54v, 56r:64v, 66r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:88v, 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