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1. Coll 28/124 ‘Persia. Application by British, American Companies for oil concessions in Persia.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence, notes and memoranda, many marked top secret, concerning oil concessions in Persia [Iran] during and immediately after the end of the Second World War, and their use by the Governments of Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America, in maintaining political influence in post-war Iran. The correspondence covers: Royal Dutch Shell’s (Shell) plans to apply for an oil concession in Persia, 1943; correspondence sent by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, to the Foreign Office, reporting on his discussions with the Iranian Prime Minister about oil concessions, and the Shell application, 1944; reports of an agreement between the Iranian and Soviet Governments to form a ‘Soviet-Persian Oil Company’, 1946; Foreign Office discussion over the merits of partnering with United States commercial interests in order to counter growing Soviet influence in Iran, 1946; a note marked top secret, entitled ‘Draft Report on South East Persian Oil’, produced at the Foreign Office in May 1946 (ff 22-29); a note entitled ‘Oil in Persia’, produced at the Foreign Office in November 1946 (ff 13-18). The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Ambassador in Tehran; the Foreign Office.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. Coll 30/163 'Boundaries of Persian territory: Status of the islands Tumb, Little Tumb, Abu Musa, Farur, Little Farur and Sirri.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the territorial status of a number of islands in the Persian Gulf. The issue arose in response to a request from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to the Foreign Office in 1938 concerning the extent of Iranian (generally referred to as Persian) territory, in order that the company could choose the precise location of the 100,000 square mile oil concession granted to them by the Iranian Government.The islands principally concerned are Tamb (also referred to as Tumb and Tunb), Little Tamb (also referred to as Nabiya Tunb), Abu Musa, Farur, Little Farur (also referred to as Nabiya Farur), Sirri, Arabi, and Farsi.The papers include correspondence from the Foreign Office describing the position of the British Government with regard to the status of each island; the question of whether to offer an ex gratia payment to the Shaikh of Sharjah in respect of any oil found at Sirri, September-October 1938; papers concerning the extent of Iranian territorial waters and the issue of offshore oil fields, including comments by the Petroleum Department, 1938; and the flying of the flag of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima over Tamb Island, 1942.The file also includes India Office confidential prints dated 1928 relating to the status of some of the islands concerned.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 77; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
3. Coll 28/129 ‘OIL; Oil concessions in North Persia; Request by Soviet Government.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the Soviet Union’s demand, made to the Iranian Government during the Anglo-Soviet occupation of the country in the Second World War, for an oil concession agreement in northern Persia [Iran]. The file, which is chiefly comprised of correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, and the Foreign Office, covers: the deterioration in relations between the Soviet Union and the Iranian Governments, in the wake of the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Sa’ed’s consideration and subsequent refusal to grant the Soviet Government oil concessions in Persia; the activities of the Soviet Assistant Commissar in Tehran, Sergey Kavtaradze, and his efforts to persuade the Sa’ed Government to grant Soviet Russia oil concessions in northern Persia; Sa’ed’s resignation in November 1944, and the subsequent political crisis in Iranian Government that ensued; descriptions of reports in the Iranian press, Soviet press, and pro-Soviet newspapers affiliated to the Tudeh Party of Iran. The file also includes a report entitled ‘An Account of the Kavir-i-Khourian Oil Concession North Persia’, prepared by the Research Department at the Foreign Office in September 1945, and illustrated with map and photographs (ff 10-21).The file includes a small amount of text in French (extracts of Iranian newspaper articles and Iranian Government laws).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 327; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence between ff 135-145, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
4. Coll 28/129 ‘OIL; Oil Concessions in North Persia; Request by Soviet Government.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the efforts of the Soviet Union to sign an oil concession agreement with Persia [Iran] covering northern Iran. The papers cover: the Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam’s involvement in the carrying of a bill for a joint Iranian-Soviet oil company to the Iranian majlis; details of the negotiations for an oil concession in northern Persia, and the geographic area under consideration, with map (f 156); Prime Minister Qavam’s presentation of his report on the oil concession to the Iranian majlis in October 1947; the Iranian Government’s rejection of Qavam’s bill, as outlined in an official text published in the Iranian press (English translation, f 37); telegraphic correspondence from the British Embassy in Moscow, reporting on articles appearing in the Soviet press ( Pravda, Izvestiya) commenting on the oil concession, the Iranian Government’s actions, and a perceived growth in American [United States of America] influence in Iranian Government policy.The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, succeeded in 1946 by John Helier Le Rougetel; the British Chargé d’Affaires in Moscow, Frank Kenyon Roberts; the British Ambassador in Moscow, Maurice Drummond Peterson; and the Foreign Office.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’
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- Abstract: The item contains correspondence and other papers relating to: the payment of royalties due to the Persian Government from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), 1915; a dispute between the British and Persian Governments relating to British troops inside Persian territory, and damage inflicted to APOC oil pipelines close to the Mesopotamia [Iraq]-Persia [Iran] border, in the wake of the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914/1915; APOC’s withholding of oil royalties owed to the Persian Government, in compensation for damage inflicted to its pipelines in Persia; and negotiations between APOC and the Persian Government over the terms of a new agreement for royalty payments, 1919.The item’s principal correspondents are: APOC; the Persian Government; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling. One note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is written in French (f 329).The item includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: 1 item (86 folios)
6. File 1421/1908 Pt 3-5 'Persia: Oil'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning oil work in Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and India Office. Included as enclosures is further correspondence, often in the form of printed collections that relate to the matter at hand. This correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, various political and diplomatic offices in Persia, representatives of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Persian government officials, and some semi-autonomous figures within Persia. The papers include drafts and duplicates.The three parts of the volume relate to different subjects, as follows:3. The agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] over the lease of land for an oil refinery;4. Relations between the Bakhtiari Khans and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company;5. A proposed geological survey of Western Persia to be carried out by the company.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 386; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.
7. File 1421/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Oil'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning oil work in Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and India Office. Included as enclosures is further correspondence, often in the form of printed collections that relate to the matter at hand. This correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, various political and diplomatic offices in Persia, and representatives of oil companies. The papers include drafts and duplicates.The two parts of the volume relate to different subjects, as follows:1. The status of production at the oil wells and the need for reservoirs and refineries;2. The need for a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects involved in the oil industry.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
8. File 2249/1915 Pt 1 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia: General File’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration and applications for oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and in the frontier region between Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran] during and in the years following the First World War, when Mesopotamia was under British military occupation and administration. The papers cover: an application for an oil concession on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made to the British Government by the Motor Petrol Association Limited, 1918; an application made to the Government by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) for an extension of their Persia oil concession to cover the ‘Persian Gulf littoral’, 1918; the development of an oilfield at Naft Khana [Nafţ Khānah] in Mesopotamia, with company expenditure paid from British military funds; discussion of the position of the Turco-Persian frontier in relation to the Naft Khana oilfields; the transfer of territory from Persia to Mesopotamia, and the formation of a new company by APOC to apply for concession rights in this territory; discussion between the British civil administration in Mesopotamia, HM Petroleum Executive, APOC, the India Office and Foreign Office, on future oil policy in Mesopotamia; the US Ambassador in London’s concern that representatives of the Standard Oil Company of New York were being forbidden to undertake geological surveying work in Mesopotamia, 1919.The file’s principal correspondents are: the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson; the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Petroleum Executive.The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 236; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.