File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’ [310r] (135/174)
The record is made up of 1 item (86 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1915-27 May 1920. 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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war© th<. result of belligerent* operations carried
a/X
on by a. ns at Britain Turkey •
It scons opporttmo therefore to repeat wrat ^
lias already been stated In the British Minister's
note of June Sillst 1916 , that not a British
soldier xrm landed In Persian territory until after
the Turkish tr/oops had boon in Arab is tan for a
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fortnight and the Persian uoverro; nt liad refrained
from taking any effective steps to repe^/ thb
Invasion or to protect the aanpanj r, s prop^xty
from the attack which war, obviously intended .
The Uaapany’e pipe—line was broken on the , 6 th of
ISGbruary and Indian troops were not landed at
mslri until Bth of February . It is not there
fore understood how an event can bo described as
the result of operations which took place sub
sequently and the Company^ contortion appears to
b^ correct in tJiis roepeot •
nomomndum proceeds to assert t^iat in
^bruary the British forces were increaood f the
*
Persian tcleg*'aph offices Were seised and the
post offices were censored and. consequently no
steps could be taken by the Persian Government
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The item contains correspondence and other papers relating to: the payment of royalties due to the Persian Government from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), 1915; a dispute between the British and Persian Governments relating to British troops inside Persian territory, and damage inflicted to APOC oil pipelines close to the Mesopotamia [Iraq]-Persia [Iran] border, in the wake of the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914/1915; APOC’s withholding of oil royalties owed to the Persian Government, in compensation for damage inflicted to its pipelines in Persia; and negotiations between APOC and the Persian Government over the terms of a new agreement for royalty payments, 1919.
The item’s principal correspondents are: APOC; the Persian Government; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling. One note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is written in French (f 329).
The item 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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- File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’
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- 243r:256v, 258r:287v, 289r:291v, 293r:299v, 302r:303v, 309r:316v, 322r:324v
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