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Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’ [16r] (33/380)
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. .
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DEP/lRTI^NTAL NO. 2.
■ *FR0M TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE
I 9 .43
Sir R. Bullard,
No. 205„
February 24th, 1943.
IMPORTANT,
D. 2.50.p.m. February 24th, 1943.
R. '7.05,p.in. February 24th, 1943.
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Your telegram No. 125,
I think it is desirable firstly to decide whether (a)
these negotiations are to be left to take place between the
company without overt diplomatic, support on the one hand,
and the Persian Government on the other, or whether (b)..in
view of the Imperial importance of southern oil, negotiations ••
ought to be conducted at Government level from the outset.
I strongly recommend the latter because any apparent failure on
the part of His Majesty’s Government or this Legation to
manifest a lively concern for this vital British interest is
likely to be construed as a confession of a form of weakness
in our general Empire position in Persia both now and
after the war, or as a‘ tacit recognition of the justice of
the Persian case, or both. These considerations will affect
the Americans and Russians appreciation of the situation as
well as Persian. The conversations are obviously necessary
and I feel that' they should take place in London rather than
in Tehran. " ’ ■ /:
2 . I am in agreement with the views expressed in
paragraph 3 of your telegram under reference. I assume your
argument at 3 (5) would be'used in the sense of my paragraphs
(c; and (h) below, for Persians will always be ready to accept
*more (repeat more)* of something for nothing, even unspendable
sterling. The Company will acquire neither merit nor goodwill
from the present or any other Persian Government by a gesture
such as they propose. Post war attitude of Persia will depend
entirely on"our general political position at that time and
will not be influenced by any magnanimity we may have displayed
in the meantime.
3. I think we ought to adopt-the following line of
argument with the Persian Government.
(a) The "blackmajT" agreement safeguarded the express
terms of the concession. • -•
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(b) It was negotiated at a time when, owing to the
exceptional war situation, the immediate prospects seemed gloony
of maintaining royalty tonnage, output at a level reasonably
near previous ^experience*. This was borne out by the
figures for June and July 1940, which were on the basis of
4 , 000,000 and 5 , 000,000 tons per annum respectively, against
9,455 million tons for 1937 the peak
year.
(c)
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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).
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate 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 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.
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- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 9r:9v, 11r:12v, 13ar:13av, 13r:88v, 90r:108v, 173r:188v, 188v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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