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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [‎13r] (25/178)

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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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Admiralty point of view, if it should prove impossible
to secure the transport of the bulk, of the oil to
Haifa, of an entirely independent pipeline system,
preferably with an independent terminal- This was a
new point of view, which obviously would require careful
consideration by the Service Departments concerned, and
he suggested that the Joint Planning Sub-Committee should
be asked to give an opinion as to which of the various
alternatives other than Haifa would be preferable from
the point of view of His Majesty’s Government, in order
that the policy to be followed in further discussions
with Mosul Oil Fields Ltd., might be framed accordingly-
CONCLUSION.
THE SUB-COMMITTEE AGREED:-
(a) that the most satisfactory practicable
solution from the point of view of His
Majesty’s Government would be that the
oil produced by Mosul Oil Fields Ltd-,
should be conducted to Haifa-
(b) That the Secretary of the Committee of
Imperial Defence should be asked to
obtain an opinion as to the comparative
strategic value of the following
alternative alignments, if the transport
of the oil to Haifa should prove
impossible s-
(i) from Mosul to Tripoli via the
existing I.P.C. pipeline, point
of junction being east of
Kaditha;
(ii) from Mosul to Tripoli by the
existing I.P.C. pipeline, point
of junction being west of Haditha;
(iii)
an independent pipeline from Mosul
to Tripoli;
(iv)
an independent pipeline from Mosul
to Alexandretta-
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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)
Arrangement

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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