Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎7r] (13/807)

THIS DOCUMENT IS
THE PROPERTY OF
ERITANNlC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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PERSIA.
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February 22, 1937.
Section 2.
[E 1118/560/34] Copy No. J IG
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—{Received February 22.)
(No. 40.)
HIS Majesty's representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 2 for the period ending the
23rd January, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, January 28, 1937.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 2 for the Period ending January 23, 1937.
1. Belgian Interests.
His Excellency M. E. Graeffe. the newly-appointed Belgian Minister to Iran,
presented his credentials to His Imperial Majesty the Shah on the 17th January.
2. Iranian Officials.
His Excellency Husain Ala, C.M.G., Muin-ul-Vizareh (P. in I., No. 9), till
recently Iranian Minister in London, has been appointed president of a committee
for the control of the Government monopoly companies.
3. Obituary.
(i) A sister of Her imperial Majesty the Queen.
(ii) Nizam-ud-din Hikmat, Mushar-ud-dowleh (P. in I., No. 79), Minister of
Posts and Telegraphs.
4. A merican Oil Concessions.
On the 17th January a Bill was introduced into the Majlis granting two
concessions, one for the exploitation of petroleum in North-East Iran and one for
the construction of pipe-line to an American company known as Amiranian Oil
Company. A map showing the area in which the concession is granted is
attached^ 1 )
The company must, within three years of ratification, choose two provinces in
East and North-East Iran, and must, within fifteen years, choose within these
provinces an area, or areas, of not more than 100,000 square miles.
Exploration must begin within six months, and boring within eighteen
months, of ratification.
The Iranian Government will receive—
(a) 4s. per metric ton on petroleum sold in Iran, or exported.
(b) A sum equal to 20 per cent, of the sum distributed to ordinary share
holders after deduction of a sum equal to 5 per cent, of the capital
invested by the company in Iran.
Minimum payment of £300,000 per annum is guaranteed from the end of
fifth year after concession, rising to £600,000 at end of the fourteenth year.
No mention is made of any immediate cash payment.
(2) The pipe-line concession provides for the constitution of a separate
company known as the Iranian Pipe-Line Company of United States. This
company will have the right (not exclusive) of constructing a main pipe-line in any
part of Iran, provided the rights of other companies are respected, and tributary
lines to connect the main line with other lines in Iran or neighbouring countries.
p) Not reproduced.
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