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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [‎194r] (330/436)

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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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ENCLOSURE It] DOMINIONS OFFICE COVERING LETTER No.6898A9
DATED 13th DECEMBER, 1929.
TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
to the Secretary of State for External Affairs Canada, the
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, the
Governor General of New Zealand, the Minister of External
Affairs Union of South Africa and the Minister for External
Affairs Irish Free State (by bag).
Circular B,No.l37.
On 27th November the Resident Director of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Tehran received letter from
Persian Minister of Finance intimating that the Persian
Government had cancelled the Company's concession as from
that date. Grounds given were that Company had taken no
practical steps to protect the interests of Persia and
that Persian Government had lort hope of achieving the
object in view by negotiations with the Company, Letter
concluded by stating that if contrary to their past
attitude the Company were prepared to safeguard Persian
interests in accordance with the views of the Persian
Government that latter would not in principle refuse to
grant a new concession to the Company,
H,M,Minister at Tehran having reported this
development, was instructed to address note immediately to
Persian Government, informing them that we considered their
action in cancelling the Company's concession to be an
(Sent 7,0 p,m, 9th December, 1932)
1
inadmissible/

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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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