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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Anglo-Persian Oil Company to Foreign Office.—(Received July 21.)
Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C.,
Sir, July 20, 1909.
I HAVE the honour to enclose copy of a telegram received to-day from our
agents in Persia, Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co. dated Mohammerah, the 17th July.
The arrangement arrived at would appear from Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co.’s
telegram to be a very satisfactory one, and on behalf of this company 1 desire to tender
to you and to His Britannic Majesty’s consul at Bushire the best thanks of this
company.
I am now arranging for the 6,500 sovereigns to be sent to Mohammerah as
requested by Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co., and, as I presume that part of the arrange
ment made by Major Cox with the Sheikh will be a loan of 10,000/. from the British
Government to the Sheikh for which my company is to provide the funds, I expect to
hear from you on the subject shortly.
i have, &c.
C. W. WALLACE, Vice-Chairman.
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[July 21 .]
Section 4.
No. 1 .
Inclosure in No. 1.
Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co. to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, London.
(Telegraphic.) Mohammerah, July 17, 1909.
AGREEMENT with Sheikh has been signed and the copy posted to you to-day.
The details and the wording have had to he altered to some extent, but the essentials
have been maintained, and it is satisfactory on the whole. The rent on renewal has
been fixed at 1,500/. payable annually. The agreement has to be endorsed by the
tribal elders before the money is paid, but this is merely a foimal matter. I lease
arrange to send by first mail steamer from Bombay 6,500 English sovereigns. Also
telegraph your confirmation of the arrangement. In view of the political situation,
the Sheikh requests you to keep the agreement secret from the Persian Government in
the meantime, and also, if possible, not to commence work on Abadan Island for a
little while. Major Cox approves. , 1 ^
In view of possible unrest, we have arranged to detain the Sepoy guard at
Ahwaz for the present.
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