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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [37r] (73/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (89 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935. 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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As High Commissioner I am happy to think that
the Port of Haifa already contains the sea loading
terminals which we have seen in operation to-day and that
in the not very distant future our new Harhour will provide
sheltered facilities in a specially contracted dock for
the export of crude oil, and perhaps later on for the
export of refined oil.,
The construction of the long pipe line, and the
road alongside it, has already had good results, and those
I am sure will continue this good influence in the future,
We are told to pour oil on troubled 7 /aters;
Sir John Cadman and the Iraq. Petroleum Company, ever moving
with, or even in advance of the times, are metaphorically
pouring oil on the shifting sands of the desert by giving
employment and helping to maintain order among the
Bedouin and the semi-nomadic people of that region.
The Company has set a fine example to us all,
and shown that with energy and good will success can be
achieved in spite of all obstacles; and I feel confident
that both the construction and operation of the pipe line
will not only enlarge the scoTpe and activities of the Iraq
Petroleum Company, but will also further the development
and prosperity of the people of Trans-Jordan and of
Palestine.
I heartily congratulate dir John Gadman,
Hr. Dimkley, Hr. Stuckey and their colleagues in this
country, on the success of their undertaking and wish
them all good fortune in the future.
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- Content
The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq.
It includes:
- Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies.
- Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 1933, concerning the British Oil Development Company’s proposed pipeline from its concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean.
- Papers regarding the official opening of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline connecting the oil-field at Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Haifa, on 14 January 1935.
The papers include 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. minute papers, correspondence, and three newspaper cuttings from The Times . The correspondence is largely between Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative, Baghdad), and Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other correspondents include: 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. ; the High Commissioner of Iraq; the Colonial Office; Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Petroleum Company; and the [British Government] Petroleum Department (Mines Department).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (89 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2882
- Title
- Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:37v, 44r:54v, 56r:64v, 66r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:88v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence