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'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession' [‎92r] (172/362)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 28 Jan 1933-13 Jul 1939. 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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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's GoYernment, and should be
returned to the
Code telegram to His Majesty's Consul. (Geneva;.
Foreign Office, 1st May, 1933, 9,OO.p.m,
No. 214. (H).
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(E. 2259/17/34)
TO SWITZERLAND .
IMPORTANT .
Following for Mr. Eden.
please inform M. Benes informally as soon as possible
that after long and difficult negotiations, an agreement has
been reached in Tehran between the Chairman of the Anglo-
I-ersian Oil Company and Persian Government. New agreement,
which has been approved by Ministers and was signed on
April 30th, is expected to come before iersian Parliament
for ratification within next fortnight, and Chairman of
Company is anxious that its precise terms should until then
be regarded as confidential. Chairman is expected in
lingland on May 15th and we contemplate then formally com
municating (probably jointly with Persian Government) full
terms of new agreement to M, Benes in order that he may
take appropriate action. Agreement appears most satisfac
tory to both parties and in the opinion of Chairman should
open up new era in the relations between the Company and
the Persian Government, Fact that it has been possible to
reach such direct agreement so successfully is due very
largely to skilful manner in which question was handled in
its initial stages by M, Benes, and His Majesty's Govern
ment wish to take this opportunity to express their grati
tude to him for his share in securing this most satis
factory An East India Company trading post. result.

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, His Majesty's Consul at Geneva (in French), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the settling of the dispute between Britain and Persia at the League of Nations, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession. Subjects also include the negotiations for a new concession with APOC and the definition of the territorial waters for the new concession area. The volume also includes newspaper cuttings on the subject, from The Times .

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1 volume (180 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 194-198). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, 2-17; then 18 and 18A; 19-21; 22 and 22A; 23-133; 134 and 134A and carries on until 203, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Some of the folios have been paginated in error, which means that the following numbers are missing from the foliation sequence: f. 48; f. 50; f. 52; f. 54; f. 56; f. 58; f. 60; f. 62; f. 64; f. 72; f. 74; f. 76; f. 80; f. 82; f. 101; ff. 103-105; f. 107; f. 109; f. 111; f. 113; f. 115; f. 117; f. 119; f. 121; f. 123; f. 125; f. 132; f. 138; f. 144.

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