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Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’ [19r] (39/380)
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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Ext. 3619/41.
SECRET.
OoPN.
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XXX
Cypher telegram from Secretary of State
to Government of India, External Affairs
department, repeated to H.M. Minister,.
Kabul, dated 25th June 1941,.
(Number of groups 441),
IMPORTANT.
7305.
, . ^ errn an attack on Russia has introduced entirely new
lement into situation which affects our whole policy in Central
^■ L r a * It is necessary to consider our attitude tov/ards this
development with particular reference to Afghanistan and
of course, too early as yet to guess how the
situation may develop but the following points have occurred to
us as arising for immediate consideration:-
■Cfi) ^dTghanistan. Attack on Russia removes for the time beinp’
at any rate danger of Russian aggression on Afghanistan which
ao always been main obsession of the Afghan Government. At
e same time possibility of German trade with .Afghanistan is
practicaliy excluded except through very long and uncertain
th^ te -p V i la Ir + n an ? Turke y* These two factors should incline
no Aghans towards closer co-operation with ourselves if we
a y. °u r pa^ds v/ell though no Aoubt the desire to re-insure
hG P° ssib I lit; y of a German victory will bo a powerful
f^ f i Ucnce ^. on othG ' r si(ie an( I the .Afghans may well show a
tendency to sit on the fence till they see more clearly how
^- la stands a P to the German attack. The cessation^of trade
i Ge J many and thG impossibility of her supplying material ^
raison^Pt™ 5 !? 1 ?" 4 f ° r f '?y° ries et c- will mean that the
_gi-.on d ctre of the majority of German nationals in
.aghanistan will disappear and will afford us an opportunity to
pross for their departure and in view of the economic
stranglehold which we and Russia will now have on Afghan trade
wc might vrell make it an essential condition of any further
economic assistance which we give to her that action is taken
y ce to cut
dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
n the number of Germans in the country. It
omi fiy 00S ? ary in p hat cas0 that wo should bo prepared to
experts of our own to take their place. The
method of approach to the ..fghans on this subject will require
careful consideration but the essential point no doubt Is to
Russia^ mh? geStl y of exerting pressure in combination with
wttv, ,, Thls . mi S h t well frighten the .Afghans into keeping
in with the ..xis as re-insurance against what they might S ■
egard as a combined threat to their independence. Note to be
struck might be to stress statements in Prime Minister's
roaacast 2<5nd June that H.M. G. have no greater liking than'-
hitherto for Communism but that any man or State who fights
against Nazism will have our aid. X shall be glad to receive
your views and those of Fraser-Tytlor on these suggestions and
on the position generally.
ibj—Iran. A somewhat similar situation arises here also
except that Iran is in more immediate danger from a German
Ind ?JA tyAr e A 0t the o sam0 il0ld the Iranian Government
and little tootfer them. Our main purpose will be to stiffen
their morale and their will to resist a threat to their
independence. H.M. Minister in Tehran is being asked for his
views upon the situation. a Ior nis
WG arG now fighting alongside Russia
might ^afford opportunity to seek with some prospect of success
an irrrprovement in the position of our Consul-General at ICashpar
and m the treatment of British subjects generally. To promote
this/
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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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