الملف ٥٣٧\١٩٢١ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس: النفط - تطوير شركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية لحقول نفط جديدة؛ الحفر للتنقيب عن النفط في دشت قيل؛ اتفاقية شركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية مع خانات القشقولي" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٨] (٢٥٤/١٤٧)

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Enclosure 13.
Translation.
No. 4892, dated 27th KabP I 1340, (equal the 28th November 1921.)
From—His Imperial Highness the Governor-General of Ears,
To—His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz.
After enquiring after your health I beg to state that I have received a
telegram from the Prime Minister with regard to the Oil Company. He has
particularly ordered me to point out and convey to you the following.
I. According to clause M of the Concession of the Company, the
responsibility for the protection of the material and machinery used in the
operations and exploitation of oil by the Company is left to the Persian
Government.
II. In accordance with clause 3 of the said concession, it should be
ascertained whether the lands, in which the Company undertakes operations,
belong to the Persian Government, or to various individuals : and in either of
these two cases the Company should act according to the duty laid down in
clause 3.
He has also especially notified and decided that a letter containing the
following details should be written to the British Legation in Tehran, and that
I also should inform you of its contents: “ The Company is bound to act
according to clause 3 and clause 14 in any district wherever they wish to
begin to extract oil. In other words, they must previously refer to the Govern
ment in connection with the question of security and the protection of their
material and machinery, and also in the matter of ascertaining the ownership
of the lands, so that what is needful may be known. Therefore the agreement
with the Kashkulis is contrary to what is laid down by the Concession, and it
must be cancelled and annulled. They should refer to the Governor-General
and the Government in order to ascertain the ownership (of the lands) and
(arrange) security. n
Meanwhile His Highness the Prime Minister has called on me to send him
a copy of the agreement telegraphically, so I request you to send me a copy of
the same.
Enclosure 14.
Telegram R. No. 154, dated the 2nd (received 3rd) December 1921.
Prom—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To -The Political Resident, Bushire.
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•Enclosure 12 . j have received no communica ion
from him, such as that referred to in Chick’s telegram. _ «hiraxz
I am informing His Highness of t ^ e .^ or ^I ns elf Ve with e *th e e terms of the
expressing hope that after he has acquainted . hi to do n0 thiiig to
Agreement he will not find it ? ^d press ng n ^ ^ ^
upset it before affording me opportumty of discussing identical as
a view to amiable settlement Persian and British interests being
regards the oil exploitation in the South. fbo Prime
I should be grateful for your views ^ the con-
Minister regarding alleged infraction of Article 3 and Article
Addressed to Mohammerah, 27; repeated Shiraz, 157, Bushire, 154,
Concession.
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