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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [235v] (470/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 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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the 3-mile limit, but at the northern end of the Gulf, there were parts of the sea
in the 12-mile belt which they also wished to include. This, of course, would raise
the question of recognition of the Persian claim to a territorial limit of 12
miles.
75. In addition, the Iranian Government seemed to suspect some ulterior
political motive behind the company’s selection of the areas along the coast and
along the whole Irano-Iraqi frontier. By the end of the year the Iranian
Government had not endorsed the areas chosen by the company. The question of
demarcation of the boundary of the company’s area at the mouth of the Shatt-el-
Arab, dividing Persian from Iraqi territorial waters, presented similar difficulties
and remained pending.
76. Early in the year the company struck oil in their new field the Gach
Saran, which looks at present like being the company’s most promising new field,
with an even larger and richer output than the Haft Kel field.
77. The pipe-line from Gach Saran to Abadan, planned for completion
early in 1940, will run straight across Khuzistan to Abadan, and will have to
traverse the marshes north of the Khor Musa. Gach Saran lying high up in the
hills, the oil will travel by gravity all the way, thus eliminating the use of pumping
stations. The pipes for this line were landed on a small jetty built at Khor
Kazaleh (one of the creeks off the Khor Musa) and strung out in the desert to the
north to await welding.
78. Although no definite decision was taken in regard to the site for the new
refinery, a thoroughly satisfactory site was reported to have been located just
south of Mashur, on one of the inlets giving on to the main Khor Musa. Rumours
that the new refinery would be even bigger than that at Abadan, correspond to the
company’s high opinion of the Gach Saran field.
79. The project long under consideration to build a second refinery at
Bandar Shahpur appeared to have been shelved. Early in the year the Iranian
Government were pressing the company to construct a fully equipped port at
Bandar Shahpur at the Government’s expense. The Government apparently
intended that the company should carry out the whole undertaking, i.e., draw up
the plans, execute the work and provide the working capital and on completion
piesent a bill to the Government, which would be met out of the oil royalties.
80. It had not proved easy for the company to arrive at a proper estimate of
the cost, as the exact requirements of the Government were not known, but it was
reckoned that the cost would be in the neighbourhood of £9 million.
81. While the company would welcome a new port to facilitate their oil
exports, the proposals of the Iranian Government caused them some uneasiness,
and discussions on such important details as the rate of interest on the sums
outstanding continued for some months. Later in the year, however, the company
were informed by the Minister of Communications that the Iranian Government
no longei desired the help of the A.I.O.C. in regard to the port at Bandar Shahpur
and that the Government would presently prepare a plan of their own. This was
interpreted as meaning that the Shah, having earmarked the oil royalties for
othei uses, had told the Minister of Communications that he did not wish to put
himself fui thei into the hands of the company, and that the Ministry must oret
on with the work themselves. " &
82. The 1 eisianisatiqn of their personnel, obligatory on the company under
the teims of their concession, caused them much concern. The company have
loyally carried out this policy in the past, but in 1938 circumstances were
impelling them to the conclusion that the temyo must be retarded. There were
two reasons for this : {a) that the adulteration of the European and Indian staff
by unskilled and unreliable personnel was undermining efficiency, and (6) that it
was becoming increasingly difficult to retain in Khuzistan such skilled Iranian
labour as they already had, as climate and rates of pay in the north were more
attractive. 83
83. To meet this difficulty the company resorted once more to recruiting
Indian tradesmen and also organised a special department to recruit Iranian
laboui. Appaiently this department was to have representatives throughout
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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 (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
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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 321; 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.
The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, 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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