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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [100] (191/436)
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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The Directors made these arrangements in face of
advice received from eminent lawyers in this county
that some of the claims of the Persian Government co^^
not be substantiated in law, but the Directors considered
it desirable to act in a liberal spirit in an endeavour to
foster amicable relations with the Persian Government.
From 1920 till about 1928 the arrangements provided
in the 1920 Agreement substantially served the purposes
for which they were designed, and the royalties payable
by the Company to the Persian Government in accordance
with the D'Arcy Concession, as interpreted by the 1920
Agreement, were checked each year on behalf of the
Persian Government by eminent chartered accountants
in this country. Some differences of interpretation
again arose, but most of them were from time to time
adjusted between the accountants of the two parties, and
the royalties were accepted by the Persian Government
without prejudice to those differences which had not
proved susceptible of adjustment by the accountants.
In the year 1928, further discussions took place at
the instance of a representative of the Persian Govern
ment with the object of effecting a revision of the D'Arcy
Concession. These discussions eventually culminated at
the beginning of the year 1929 in a visit to Tehran by
Sir John Cadman, the Chairman of the Company,
accompanied by other Directors and officials of the Com
pany and by the Company's legal and accountancy
advisers. The negotiations in Tehran extended over a
period of some two months.
Although agreement was reached on most of the poii^
which were under discussion between the Persian Govern
ment and the Company, there were certain points on
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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)
- 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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