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File 3877/1912 Pt 5 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil interests’ [4r] (9/60)
The record is made up of 1 part (29 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1914-23 Aug 1917. 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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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
no. W. 119250/16
Foreign Office
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
r
June 27th, 1916
Confidential.
2 4 5 6
Sir
r
With reference to previous correspondence
regarding the rights claimed by the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company in Asiatic Turkey, I am directed by
Secretary Sir Edward Grey to transmit to you,
herewith, a copy of a letter from tne Admiralty
expressing the hope that no decision will be come to
in the matter without previous consultation with
them.
Sir Edward Grey understands that tentative
and informal discussions are meanwhile taking place
ad referendum between the Board of Trade and the
Asiatic Petroleum Company.
I am to add that a similar letter has been
addressed to the Board of Trade and Treasury.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant
The Under Secretary of State,
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.
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A chronological continuation of File 3877/1912 Pt 3 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil interests’, Part 5 comprises correspondence following the annulment of the 19 March 1914 agreement on oil concessions in Mesopotamia, which discusses the wider implications of the war on oil concessions in Turkey, and anticipation of post-war agreements. The principal correspondents are: the Assistant Undersecretary to the Foreign Office (Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen); Secretary of the Political Department of the 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. (Sir Arthur Hirtzel); the Director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC, Charles Greenway).
The correspondence includes:
- discussion of the elimination of German interests in Turkey and Arabia;
- the split between Britain and France of former Ottoman territories;
- existing APOC claims in the Mesopotamian vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad;
- Shell Royal Dutch Group’s claims in the Mesopotamian oil concessions.
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- 1 part (29 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/302/3
- Title
- File 3877/1912 Pt 5 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil interests’
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 2ar:2av, 2r:8v, 11r:27v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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