Letter (Secret No. 27) from Austen Chamberlain to Charles Hardinge, Governor General of India in Council, with enclosures

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Title:
Letter (Secret No. 27) from Austen Chamberlain to Charles Hardinge, Governor General of India in Council, with enclosures
Date:
1915/1915
Description:
Abstract: The memorandum consists of a copy of a letter from Austen Chamberlain to the Governor General of India and its enclosures. The purpose of the letter being to forward recent discussion — within the British Government — concerning the defence of the oil fields and pipelines of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia.The enclosures (folios 69-71) consist of various communications between the India Office and the following Government departments: the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Foreign Office. Annexed to enclosure no. 5 is a copy of the 'Report of Departmental Committee on the Defence of the Persian Oil-fields, &c' (see folios 69v-71). This report briefly outlines the arrangements between the British and both the Bakhtiari Khans and the Shaikh of Mohammerah for the protection of the oil fields. It also outlines the measures to be taken to increase their immediate defence, and further measures to be taken in the event of war threatening them.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 68, and terminates at f 71, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Language:
English
Type:
Archival file
Type (Narrower):
Other Texts
Type (Broader):
Text
Subject:
Defence
Oilfields
Baḵtīārī (Tribe)
Geographic region:
Persia
Rights:
رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000135_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000135_en
IOR/L/PS/18/C143
IOR/L/PS/18/C143
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