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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [96] (187/436)
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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equity and justice. The Company takes the strongest
exception to the statements in Your Excellency's letter
that the Company has failed to take into considera^^,
the needs of the time and the present position of uie
Persian Government. The Company has at all times
shown itself willing by friendly negotiations to
endeavour to meet the views and the needs of the
Persian Government, and so far as accord has not been
reached the failure has certainly not been due to any
want of effort or goodwill on the part of the Company.
The Company must point out that the publication of the
Government's announcement in the Press will have most
damaging repercussions on the Company's business, and
the Directors venture to hope that on further considera
tion the Government will immediately withdraw this
announcement.
On the 1st December a cable was received from the
Resident Director in Tehran stating that a reply in
the following sense had been received to the Company's
communication from the Minister of Finance:—
In reply to your letter of 2^th November I deem it
necessary to state that the Persian Government does not
admit the statements and reasons as mentioned in the
said letter and considers itself entitled with sufficient
reasons to cancel the D'Arcy Concession and that it
remains its final decision which has been communicated
under this Ministry's letter of ttth November.
It will be observed that the Persian Government does
not suggest in the above communications that the Conv
pany has failed to carry out the terms of the D'A|J|
Concession, but that it bases its claim to cancel the Con
cession by one-sided action on the ground that in the view
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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).
- 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.
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/635
- Title
- 'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession'
- Pages
- 93:106, 107r, 107v
- Author
- Fraser, W
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