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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [‎164r] (274/436)

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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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Telegram H.No.231,dated l3th(recd.l4th)Decr.l9 r ":»
Prom . . * . ♦Hoa.re,Te 1 r.rani
To .Porjlm Office, London •
(Re^e^ted Foreign,Nev^ Delhi.)
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BTOFTANT,
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My telegram No*22^* Closer examination df
text reveals two further (sr.omitted?extracts?) that
you should have verbatim.
(a) At the very hepinning "in reply to sentence
in question (last sentence of paragraph 1) I have to
state that Persian Government have repeatedly pointed out
grounds for their dissatisfaction at Oil Company's
attitude and did not therefore consider it would he
necessary to repeat the repeated statements. Should
Persian Government fail to conclude a new and satisfac
tory agreement with Company and find it necessary■with
a view to substantiating their right to cancell^tx^^^
D^Arcy Concession to refer case to Court they (the
Persian Government) will offer their arguments in detail 1 ',
(h) Paragraph 4 begins. "Coming to hints which
always anpear in Your Excellency's Notes to necessity
for coming to friendly terms with Company I venture to
invite your attention to point that Persian Government
have never refused and in fact do not now refuse to
conclude a new agreement safeguarding equitably interests
of both parties and they have proved their good faith
in this connection already in practice; and reason(and
so on as in my previous telegram)i
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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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