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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [97] (188/436)
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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of the Persian Government the Concession is no longer
fair to it. The Persian Government further alleges
)at the Company has taken no practical steps to protect
the interests of Persia. Even if this statement were well-
founded, it would not justify the action of the Persian
Government in cancelling the Concession as the Con
cession contains no clause entitling the Persian Govern
ment to cancel it in any such event, and, moreover, does
not impose upon the Company any obligation such as
that suggested by the Persian Government.
In order that you may form your own conclusion as
to the correctness of the Persian Government's conten
tions, the following information is furnished :—
The D'Arcy Concession was granted to the late
Mr. D'Arcy in the year 1901 in due proper and legal
form by the then Persian Government, the Concession
being signed and sealed by His Imperial Majesty the
Shah of Persia and by his Prime Minister, and counter-
sealed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister
of Mines, the signature of His Imperial Majesty being
certified by the British Vice-Consul at Tehran.
As is well known, Mr. D'Arcy and his associates
spent some seven years prospecting the territory covered
by the Concession and expended thereon some hundreds
of thousands of pounds before the existence of oil in
commercial quantities was proved. It was only by virtue
of his persistence and energy and the capital that he
provided, or persuaded other persons to provide, that the
)l resources of the Persian Empire were eventually
proved. The Persian Government was not asked to take,
and, in fact, did not take any part of the risk involved
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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.
- 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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- Reference
- 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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