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Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs [62r] (123/290)
The record is made up of 1 file (145 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1919-7 Dec 1920. 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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5
APPENDIX I.
Memorandum of Agreement between Senator Henry
General of Petroleum Products in France, representing the ^ rnm f nt p °< £
French Republic, and the Right Honourable Walter H. Long, M.P.,
Majesty's Minister in Charge of Petroleum Affairs.
IN order to facilitate throughout the world and lor the benefit of all countries
the permanent provision for industrial and commercial purposes of P^ohm
products of which the supply is admitted to be increasingly inadequate, and so t
assistin're-establishing commercial intercourse and developing the prosperity of all
nations the Governments of France and Great Britain de^e to continue the co
operation which has given during the war such gratifying results Ihey have th
fore asrreed on the basis of a common policy to be followed in the near East ana
the countries adiaoent to the Mediterranean for the exploitation of various odhelds.
The principles of this policy are those of cordial co-operation and reciproc '
in all those countries where the oil interests of the two nations can be usefully uni .
This memorandum relates to the following states or countries.
Roumania, Asia Minor, French Colonies and Protectorates, and British
Crown Colonies.
It is understood that this agreement may be extended to other countries,
e.g., Galicia and. Russia.
Roumania.
The British and French Governments shall conduct in common negotiations to
be entered into with the Government of Roumania for.
(a) The acquisition of oil concessions, shares or other interests belonging to
enemy subjects or bodies in Roumania which have been sequesti ated
e.q., the Steaua Romana, Concordia, Vega, &c., which constituted in tint
country the oil groups of the Deutsche Bank and of the Disconto
Gesellschaft, together with any other interests that may be obtainable.
(h) Concessions over oil lands belonging to the Roumanian btate.
France and Great Britain will not make any separate agreements with the
Roumanian Government regarding the exploitation of the Roi ^^f p I \ ^ t
Negotiations with the Roumanian Government shall be conducted on lines to
be agreed between Mr. Walter Long and Senator Berengei. i n + 1 , ,
All shares belonging to enemy concessions which cam be secured and all 01 ^
advantages derived from these negotiations shall be divided, 50 per 10 ^
interests and 50 per cent, to French interests. It is understood that in the w pa
or companies to be formed to undertake the management and the exploiUtion ot the
said shares, concessions and other advantages, the two countries shall have the same
proportion of 50 per cent, in all capital subscribed as well as m representatives
the Board and voting power.
Mesopotamia.
In the event of His Majesty’s Government receiving the mandate in Mesopo
tamia they undertake to make it their duty to secure from the Mesopotamian
Government for the Turkish Petroleum Company or the Company to be formed to
acquire the interests of that Company, the rights ar d ulred h b { th ® ^
Coinpany in Mesopotamia, under arrangements made with the Tuikish Goveinn ent.
The French Government to have a share in the capital in the Company as heie n
■ indicated with all the rights of representation and other rights which ma\ be
attached to the said shares. The Company shall be under permanent Bntish eon-
t r ol If it is decided to apply the terms of the agreement to the Turkish 1 etioleum
(Vnnnanv as already constituted, the price to be. paid by the French Government shall
hrthafpaid bv the British Government to the Public Trustee for the shares
belonging to the Deutsche Bank, plus 5 per cent, interest on said price since the date
of payment
[987]—610 °
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This file is composed of papers produced by the Foreign Office's Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs. It consists entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the conference, most of which are chaired by George Curzon.
Those attending include senior representatives of the Foreign Office, 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. (most notably the Secretary of State for India), the War Office, the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, and the Treasury (including the Chancellor of the Exchequer). Other notable figures attending include Harry St John Bridger Philby and Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
The meetings concern British policy in the Middle East, and mainly cover the following geographical areas: Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, Trans-Caspia, Trans-Caucasia, the Caspian Sea, Palestine, Persia, Hejaz, and Afghanistan. Some of the meetings also touch on matters beyond the Middle East (e.g. wireless telegraphy in Tibet, ff 79-80).
Recurring topics of discussion include railways (chiefly in relation to Mesopotamia), Bolshevik influence in the Middle East (particularly in Persia and Trans-Caspia), and relations between King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Several sets of minutes also contain related memoranda as appendices.
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- 1 file (145 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 145, 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.
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- Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs
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