'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [183r] (312/436)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 21 Oct 1932-26 Jan 1933. It was written in English. 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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2.
tr Persian Government witte object of ensuring maintenance
of existing situation and that lie should report action
taken at Council meeting on 19th December. Pending
consideration of Persian case It is Imposslhle for
Council to provide maintenance of juridical status fluo
I.e. for maintenance In legal force of concession ,
pending further direct negotiations between Persian
Government and Company as this might involve
prejudging main issue of validity of Persian Govern
ment's action.
president of the Council has sent to both
parties to dispute usual telegram expressing confidence
that neither Government will allow anything to occur
to extend or aggravate situation. He has now with
reference to Persian Delegates' letter of 17th
December sent further telegram to Persian Government
ending as followsi-
•»P0f^ppixig "to telegram sent "today to lootln
Governments President Interprets your declaration as
undertaking by your Government to avoid any modifica
tion of present state of things which might aggravate
dispute".
Wording of telegram presented considerable
difficulties but we consider above which was utmost we
■could obtain should sufficiently cover our requirements
as to maintenance of status auc.
Question will be placed on agenda for meeting
on 23rd January. We will urge at Council importance
of its being actually dealt with then. Ends^
(M, ) U.D. ) R .A.P..I.& L• i H► M s. ,Ma j.West and D .S .P.)
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, 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 cancellation, on 27 Nov 1932, of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession, because APOC was not acting in the interest of Persia in reducing the oil production in 1932. The British Government considered escalating the breach of the concession to the International Court of Justice considering it a dispute between the Persian Government and the British Government. The volume contains: APOC's report on the 'Situation in Persia' (folios 87-92) and letter from the Deputy Chairman of APOC to the Company's Stakeholders to inform them (folios 93-107). The volume also includes copies of articles from The Times and copies of printed documents related to the dispute, including the agreement with D'Arcy (folios 219-231).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 237-239). 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.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is 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 on the title page, on number 1, then 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G and 1H; 2-27; 28-40 are skipped or omitted; 41-124; 125-135 are skipped or omitted; 136-146; 147-155 are skipped or omitted; 156-185; 186 and 187 are skipped or omitted; 188-201; 202 and 202A and then it carries on until 245, which is the last number given on the last folio of the volume. Between 93 and 107 the folios are paginated.
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- 'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1fv, 1gv:1hv, 2r:27v, 41r:41v, 42v:43v, 45v, 46v, 47v:58v, 60v:84v, 89v, 92v, 109v, 112v, 114v, 117v:123v, 144v, 147v, 156r:185v, 188r:228v, 231v:233v, 236v:245v, back-i
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