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'F 80 File 82/34 I APOC Concession' [‎206r] (356/436)

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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 XX No. 048(?248?).dated 29tli(reed.30th)Decr.1932.
Prom . . . . . .Hoare,Tehran,
Te PoreiCT Of flee, London.
(Repeated Government of India No.134.)
Following Is text referred to In my Immediately
preceding telegram.
Prom offlelal statement made t>y Persian Delegate
at meeting of the Council of the League of Nations on
Decemher 20th you vail have seen that desire of Persian
Government to maintain filendly relations with His
Majesty's Government Is unmistakable and they have noted
that their wish is reciprocated. They are therefore
anxious that difficulty which has arisen on the subject
of D'Arcy concession - a difficulty 'which was in part
due to misunderstanding ^ shall he sneedlly settled
to the satisfaction of all concerned. I feel that such
a settlement will he promoted if I explain that intention
of Persian Government has not been as Hie Majesty's
Government appear to have thought to dispossess the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company| this is fully established
by fact that standing instructions of various Depart
ments of the Imperial Government that Company's
operations shall be assisted by all proper means have
not been modified in any way. The intention of Persian
Government was rather to give a new direction to
negotiations which have for some years past(wlthout
leading to any final result) engaged the attention of
Persian Government: and Company. The Persian Government
have felt that this failure to reach an agreement may ^
well have been due to the fact that basis of discussion
was

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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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