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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [‎11r] (21/178)

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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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iuh. oiAhLllNii pointed out that the 'iurhish Governuient
would have a considerable interest in protecting the pipeline,
since TurKe^, under the Treaty of angora, is to receive for
a period of years a percentage of the royalties paid to the
Iraqi Governrixent in respect of all oil won in northern Iraq.
IKE CiiaIIilh-i.ll felt considerable doubt whether the dangers
to the pipeline wnich had been referred to were lihely
seriously to affect the situation. Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
had explained that the urench could deal with ordinary
dangers. In what he regarded as the unlixely event of
hostilities between Turxey ana Syria, or of the absorption
of northern Syria by lurhey, Turxey would, as ivir. Starling
had pointed out, iiave every interest in maintaining the
safety of the pipeline, moreover, as the pipeline would be an
international interest, in which Italy, Germany, and other
countries would ail be interested, it was improbable tnat a
belligerent wouud court trouble with the countries concerned
by seriously interfering with it, even if local hostilities
should break, out.
CAITaIK fiCOnE said that in certain circumstances it
might be an advantao© to have three oil terminals on the
Mediterranean coast, which a separate line from Mosul would
involve. The I.f.C. line to Haifa would only have a capacity
of four million tons of oil, which was a little over half
our war requirements. Unless the I.r.C. line to Haifa was
doubled, an arrangement wnereoy the B.Q.D. used the former’s
line would not increase the output at Haifa beyond four
million tons. A third terminal delivering another four
million tons would meet the full Admiralty requirements, and
leave a balance over. He suggested that if a recommendation
was required as to tne strategic value of alternative pipe
lines the opinion of the Chiefs of Staff Committee or the
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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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