Skip to item: of 380
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’ [‎15v] (32/380)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947. It was written in English and French. 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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

r
\\
concurred in this view: he, however, wished the Company to make
some offer to the Persians of financial support for the improvement
of provincial administration or police or some similar object:
the Company felt that to start this kind of thing might expose them
to a repetition of similar demands in the future (this seems an odd
kind of argument for the Company to produce) and that it was
preferable to do what they proposed, i.e. to go on making extra
payments for the duration of the war (a phrase for which the Company
would welcome a Foreign Office interpretation) and entirely clear
from the Concession itself.
Sir W. Fraser said the Company would like to have our blessing
on their proposals, to which I replied that I could hardly think
that he would have that, but at the very most a reluctant concurrence
in the Company doing what it thought best in its own commercial
interests. I would, however, as he requested, lay the matter before
the Secretary of State.
We had better now
(a) send copies of these drafts to the Treasury, Mines
Department, and anyone else concerned, saying that we are laying the
matter before the Secretary of State,
(b) stir up Sir R. Bullard for a reply, and
(c) draft a memorandum putting the position as concisely as
possible for submission to the Secretary of State.
Sir W. Fraser insisted that he had made oulL 4 points to his
co-directors and that their attitude was nevertheless unchanged.
(initialled) M.P.
24th February, 1943.

About this item

Content

Correspondence concerning diplomatic relations between the British and Persian Governments over the concession and operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (from 1935, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited), referred to as APOC hereafter. The file includes: correspondence dated 1933 to 1935 from the British Consul at Kermanshah, reporting progress of the construction of APOC’s oil refining facilities at Kermanshah; correspondence dated 1939 and 1940 reporting on the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] and his Government’s efforts to renegotiate the terms of the APOC concession, in light of the heightened strategic importance of APOC’s oil production to Britain during wartime conditions; correspondence dated 1941 reporting on wartime developments, the likelihood of German occupation of Iran, and the threat to APOC oil production in the country. The file also includes: two bound and printed copies of the APOC Concession 1933-1993, printed in French and English, and accompanied by a fold-out map of the concession area (ff 127-149, ff 150-172); an illustrated brochure, published by APOC in 1924 to commemorate the company’s stand at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 (ff 109-126).

Extent and format
1 file (187 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 188; 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.

Written in
English and French in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’ [‎15v] (32/380), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3489, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055779979.0x000023> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055779979.0x000023">Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’ [&lrm;15v] (32/380)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055779979.0x000023">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00002d/IOR_L_PS_12_3489_0035.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00002d/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image