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'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession' [89r] (166/362)
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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Mr. Hoare to Sir John Simo— 7.
(No. 70.)
Sir, Tehran, February 20, 1933.
AS I have reported by telegram, His Imperial Majesty the Shah received me
yesterday morning, in order that Lieutenant-Colonel Dodd might take his leave
of His Majesty on the termination of his appointment as military attache to this
Legation. The Shah, with good-humoured earnestness, expressed the hope that
Colonel Dodd would resume normal military duties, indicating that, in his
experience, true happiness was only to be found in the ranks of the army.
Colonel Dodd replied suitably, and the Shah wished him good-bye, saying that
in wishing him all prosperity, his good wishes included the British army.
2. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, who interpreted, had told me that His
Majesty wished to have a talk with me, and tea and cigarettes were then
brought in.
3. His Majesty began the conversation a little unsuccessfully by suggesting
that this was my first winter here. We then compared this winter with last,
and I hazarded the suggestion that the mildness of this winter was responsible
for the epidemic of influenza; I was glad to think that His Majesty had quite
recovered from his attack. His Majesty's health and the mention of winter
served as an introduction to an enquiry after the Valiahd and whether he was
keen on winter sports. His Majesty's reply was to the effect that he was afraid
that he was too keen and might damage himself skiing. And this led me to
aeroplanes via Mr. Buckingham, who is now here, having delivered the Tiger
Moth aeroplanes recently acquired by the Persian Government, and who is a
first-rate performer on skis. His Majesty said that he was very pleased with
these machines, and mentioned the loss of one through the incompetence of the
pilot, and suggested that it would be a good advertisement for the company to
replace it. I replied that I would repeat his words to Mr. Buckingham, expressed
my gratification at His Majesty's satisfaction with the machines, said that our
experts were fully convinced that British machines were the best in the world,
and mentioned the great flight to South Africa. His Majesty had seen an account
of the flight, and quite agreed about the supremacy of our aeroplanes.
4. At this point I formed the impression that His Majesty was waiting for
me to talk business, and I mentioned the impending departure of Sir J. Cadman
and his collaborators for Tehran. His Majesty replied that Davar had reported
this, and that he hoped Sir John would be prepared to reach a satisfactory
settlement. He quite understood that the directors must have the welfare of the
shareholders at heart, but he felt that, considering the great interests that both
the British and Persian Governments had in the concern, the directors should
not regard it as a simple money-making business like any ordinary company. He
hoped that His Majesty's Government took a similar view, but he feared that
they were not animated by friendly feelings towards Persia and did not share
his desire for good relations, of which evidence was furnished by the attitude
and conduct of the Persian Government subsequent to the cancellation of the
concession. I suggested, in reply, that when the Persian Government pressed
the company to send a mission here last spring to embark on negotiations, they
had no idea how grave a crisis threatened the industry as a whole; the obvious
and urgent need was for the leading oil companies to determine measures to save
the industry from collapse. It was no great exaggeration to compare the action
of the Persian Government last spring, when they required the company to send
representatives here in order to discuss and establish a new basis for their
relations, with that of a landlord who, with the house already on fire, wished his
tenant to start talking about details affecting the manner in which he paid his
rent. As for His Majesty's Government and their views on the subject of Persia,
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:7v, 15r:18v, 18ar:18av, 19r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r:51v, 53r:53v, 55r:55v, 57r:57v, 59r:59v, 61r:61v, 63r:63v, 65r:71v, 73r:73v, 75r:75v, 77r:77v, 79r:79v, 81r:81v, 83r:100v, 102r:102v, 106r:106v, 108r:108v, 110r:110v, 112r:112v, 114r:114v, 116r:116v, 118r:118v, 120r:120v, 122r:122v, 124r:124v, 126r:131v, 133r:134v, 134ar:134av, 136r:137v, 139r:143v, 145r:146v, 151r:181v, 185r:202v, back-i
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