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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [36r] (71/178)
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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OIL ON SHIFTING SAI7DS»
Speech of the High Comnii sal oner ♦
I look upon it as a great compliment that you
have asked me to open the pipe line officially to-day,
and it was with great pleasure that I accepted the
invitation to he present, so that as High Commissioner I
may extend the warmest welcome to Sir John Caduan and the
many distinguished strangers who have come from far and
wide to he present at this gathering to-day.
I thank Sir John for his all too kind words as
to myself, and I cordially endorse what he has said as
regards the most happy relationship that has existed
throughout the difficult period of construction, and the
good feeling which I am confident will always exist
between the Iraq Petroleum Company and the Government of
Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
I need not dwell upon the tremendous task that
has been achieved, but I must congratulate Sir John and
all those who are responsible for its successful issue
on the foresight, energy and skill that enabled them to
overcome all obstacles and achieve that success, and
accomplish it many months before the date originally
anticipated.
I asi confident that the opening of this Pipeline
will prove of the highest value to Palestine and the
neighbouring countries; of value to the country in which
the oil is won to the countries through which it flows, and
not least of value to the countries from whose ports it is
distributed to the world market.
A.s
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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