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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [‎20r] (64/436)

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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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the
other
hand
they
have
as responsible for losses which the Company may suffer. The
Persian Government cannot understand how while on the one hand
no participation whatever in the activities of Company, and on
they have^not interfered with and do not interfere in the
affairs of the Company nor cause them any inconvenience, any
responsibility can devolve on them; and it is on the above
grounds that I have the honour to reiterate that the Company
itself is responsible for any losses which it may suffer."
4, it then states with reference to the hope ex
pressed in my note that Persian Government would come to terms
with Company; that they have never refused to do so and
continues: "and the reason why the Persian Government did not
take measures after cancellation of the D'Arcy concession to
interfere with the Company's institutions and still hold for
the time being to the same decision in the hope of attaining
the desired result, is that ray Government have hoped that the
Company, instead of entering into the sphere of disputes over
principles and of Judicial controversy, would not lose the
opportunity to send their duly authorised representative to
Tehran in order that he might enter into negotiations forth
with with the Persian Government with a view to concluding an
agreement which would safeguard the legitimate interests of
Persia, But in practice it appears unfortunately that His
Majesty's Government are perhaps not in favour of such an
agreement between the Persian Government and the Company because
the threats and intimidation that His Majesty's Government are
bringing to bear on my Government and the unacceptable demands
that are put forward prevent in practice both the Persian
Government and the Company from taking a single step towards
reaching a mutual agreement; and although the British Legation
has, so far, not interfered in the discussions between the
Persian Government and the Company,it has now become an obstacle
between •«.

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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).

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1 volume (221 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 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.

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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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