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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [101] (192/436)
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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which final agreement proved to be impossible, the main
yiiestion being the nature and extent of the increased par-
cipation which the Persian Government desired to
receive. The Directors were of opinion that they could
not in fairness to the stockholders accept the views put
forward by the Persian Government on this point and
eventually these discussions ended in the spring of 1930.
In 1931 negotiations were again opened for a revision
not of the whole of the D'Arcy Concession, but of the
basis upon which the <c net profits " of the Company
were to be ascertained for the purpose of calculating the
royalty payable to the Persian Government.
The Persian Government was dissatisfied with the
working of the 1920 Agreement, and its representative
went so far as to contend that that Agreement was not
binding upon the Government, although it had been
signed by their fully authorised representative and had
been acted upon for some eight years without its validity
being questioned. The Directors pointed out to the
Persian Government representative that it was not
possible for them to enter into new negotiations on the
basis that the 1920 Agreement was not binding, but
eventually the parties agreed to discuss the matter
without prejudice to the contentions of either party on
this point to see whether a new basis could be arrived at
which would be satisfactory to both parties.
Early in 1932 a preliminary Agreement was arrived
( )it between His Highness Teymourtache, Minister of
Court, on behalf of the Persian Government, and Sir
John Cadman, the Chairman of the Company, setting
•out certain principles which had been agreed 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).
- 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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- 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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