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Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’ [4r] (7/148)
The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 17 Aug 1934-22 Feb 1941. 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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Confidential
British Legation,
Tehran,
7th February 1940.
My Lord,
I have the honour to inform you that my American
colleague informs me that the Iranian Government are
contemplating trying to arrange a plan for purchases in the
United States of America to the value of some $60,000,000 over
a period of three years. Mr. 7 ,ngert enquired of the Prime
Minister, who raised the question, whether these purchases
wo Tld depend on United States purchases in Iran and was
informed that, while the Iranian Government realised that the
United States of America could not consent to a clearing
agreement, they hoped that it might be possible to be made
from Iran up to approximately the value of the goods bought
from the United States of America by Iran. The Prime Minister
also said that the Iranian Government would like United States
help in the development of Iran’s mineral resources (Please
see in this connection my telegrams Nos. 217 and 16 of the/^^
2^nd December 1939, and 19th January 1940 respectively).
2. Mr.. Engert tells me that he does not regard these
proposals very seriously. Me has been here three years and
has not even been able .to conclude a commercial treaty because
of the Iranian Government's views on the balance of trade.
His doubts, moreover, seem justified in view of the fact that
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The Viscount. Halifax,
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Correspondence and papers reporting on the activities of individuals and companies from the United States of America, seeking to gain oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. The majority of the file focuses on the activities of two US citizens, Charles Calmer Hart (a former US Minister to Iran) and the petroleum geologist Frederick Gardner Clapp, as well as the activities of the Amiranian Oil Company. The file includes copies of agreements and Persian (Iranian) Government bills (in French) relating to the granting of concessions, along with a map illustrating the extent of the concession (f 41). Correspondence from 1938 onwards reports on the withdrawal of the Amiranian Oil Company from Persia, and the renouncement of their concession (ff 2-19).
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 (72 folios)
- Arrangement
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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
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- Title
- Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:25v, 27r:31v, 43r:73v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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