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'File 39/2 (1 B/8) Effect of abrogation of APOC concession by Persian Government on oil market in Bahrain' [10v] (20/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 5 Dec 1932-15 May 1933. It was written in English and French. 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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4
equity and justice. The Company takes the strongest
exception to the statements in Your Excellency's letter
that the Company has failed to take into consideration
the needs of the time and the present position of the
Persian Government. The Company has at all times
shown itself willing by friendly negotiations to
endeavour to meet the views and the needs of thi
Persian Government, and so far as accord has not been
reached the failure has certainly not been due to any
want of effort or goodwill on the part of the Company.
The Company must point out that the publication of the
Government's announcement in the Press will have most
damaging repercussions on the Company's business, and
the Directors venture to hope that on further considera
tion the Government will immediately withdraw this
announcement.
On the 1st December a cable was received from the
Resident Director in Tehran stating that a reply in
the following sense had been received to the Company’s
communication from the Minister of Finance :—
In reply to your letter of 29 £/i November I deem it
necessary to state that the Persian Government does not
admit the statements and reasons as mentioned in the
said letter and considers itself entitled with sufficient
reasons to cancel the D'Arcy Concession and that it
remains its final decision ivhich has been communicated,
under this Ministry's letter of ^Ith November. "
It will be observed that the Persian Government does
not suggest in the above communications that the Com
pany has failed to carry out the terms of the D’Arcy
Concession, but that it bases its claim to cancel the Con
cession by one-sided action on the ground that in the view
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The file contains a letter from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and a letter from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), regarding the situation in Bahrain after the dispute between Britain and Persia, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession (see IOR/R/15/1/636).
The file also includes extracts from previous correspondence, reports and leaflets from APOC, and a copy of the 1933 agreement between the Imperial Government of Persia and APOC, in French and English.
The file also includes copies of newspaper articles on the subject, from The Times .
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- 1 file (38 folios)
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The papers in the file are roughly arranged in chronological order.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/873
- Title
- 'File 39/2 (1 B/8) Effect of abrogation of APOC concession by Persian Government on oil market in Bahrain'
- Pages
- 9r:16v, 27r:39v
- Author
- Anglo-Persian Oil Company
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