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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎194r] (385/501)

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The record is made up of 251 folios (1 file). It was created in 15 Nov 1922-3 Nov 1923. 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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sequestrated 25$ of the Deutsehe Bank holding was transferred
to French interests (it 4s still actually in the h^nds of
the French Government) as a result of the Anglo-French San
Remo Oil Agreement of April, 1920. Negotiations were opened
in 1921 and continued all through last year to bring
in the United States interests. These negotiations were
carried on by the Company in London with the Standard Oil
Company with the cognisance of the French and British
Petroleum Departments and with the general knowledge of
the State Department. As a result,at the end of 1922 the
shares in the Company were redivided in such a way as to give
the French interests 24$, the Anglo4-Persian Company 24$
(plus a certain option on the oil produced as compensation
for their sacrifice), the Standard Oil (and other American
oil interests brought in by the latter) 24$ and the Royal
Dutch Shell (or Anglo-Saxon) 24$, it being found that the
other shares rightfully belonged and must continue to be held
Toy^the Royal Dutch Shell.
This redivision is understood to have been accepted
by the French and the two British companies, but not by
the American interests who have been unable as yet completely
to fulfil the condition attached by the Shell and Anglo-
Persian Compartato the increase en the American shares
(namely the State Department’s approval of the concession)
and who still appear to object to the Anglo-Persian Company’s
compensatory option*
Meanwhile under the San Remo Oil Agreement, 20$
of the shares in the Company might be held by Iraq, interests*
It is intended to meet this by some form of subsidiary
Company. In any case it is unlikely that Iraqis or the Iraq
Government could produce the cash for the shares*
Early....

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Letters and papers on the frontier between Iraq (also written as Irak in the file) and Turkey, with particular reference to Mosul and questions concerning oil. The file consists mainly of correspondence between Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Curzon, and officials in the Foreign Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Office and Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. The contents of the file are as follows:

Following documents are undated:

  • Lord Balfour to League of Nations. Speech: The frontier between Turkish territory and the territory of Iraq
  • The President of the League of Nations. Reply: after Speech by Balfour
  • Typewritten report: The question of Mosul
  • Typewritten report: The Question of Mosul

The file also includes handwritten notes by Curzon on the Mosul vilayet and groups residing there.

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251 folios (1 file)
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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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 251; 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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Mss Eur F112/294
Title
'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
Pages
1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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