Abstract: The memorandum contains a printed copy (folios 7-8) of the political agreement of 5 June 1935, made between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) Limited. The original agreement was signed by Leonard Day Wakely on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, and the common seal of APOC affixed in the presence of William Fraser, Director of APOC, and John Clark, APOC Secretary.Following the agreement are printed copies of letters (folios 8-9) relating to the political agreement, including a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], the ruler of Qatar, dated 5 June 1935, enclosing and explaining the political agreement concluded between the British Government and APOC, and letters exchanged between representatives of APOC and the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 6 and terminates at f 9, as it is part of a larger physical file; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This secret printed memorandum is a copy of a letter from Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, dated 13 Sep 1922, concerning the proposed amendment of the articles of the Treaty of Sévres which have been represented as interfering with the 'spiritual power' of the Caliph. The letter is accompanied by a section of enclosures (folios 2-5) which includes fourteen enclosures consisting of various telegrams between the Secretary of State and the Viceroy of India, the Foreign Secretary of the Government of India and the India Office dated between 21 March 1922 and 1 September 1922. Enclosure No 7 includes an annex which is a minute entitled 'The Caliph's Religious Position' by Sir Muhammad Shafi.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.