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1. IOR/L/PS/10/410/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410/1
Title:
File 3654/1913 Pt 1 'Oil: Admiral Slade's Committee'
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume (folios 202-336) contains correspondence relating to the appointment and visit of the Admiralty Oil Commission under the chairmanship of Admiral Sir Edmond J W Slade, to the Persian oil fields and then to the Oil Conference held at Delhi, to examine and discuss oil pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1918
Extent:
135 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/10/410/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410/2
Title:
File 3654/1913 Pt 2 'Oil Admiralty Contact with Anglo-Persian Oil Co'
Scope & Content:
The second part of the volume (folios 51-201) contains mainly notes by India Office officials in London, in response to press interest and questions raised in Parliament, following the agreement entered into by the Treasury and the Admiralty with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the supply of o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1914-20 Aug 1918
Extent:
151 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/10/410/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410/3
Title:
File 3654/1913 Pt 3 'Oil Contact with Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Assurances to Russia'
Scope & Content:
The third part of the volume (folios 1-56) contains a small amount of Anglo-Russian diplomatic correspondence in 1914, including one letter in French from the Russian Foreign Minister to the British Ambassador at St Petersburg, expressing concerns about British penetration into oil fields in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jun 1914-7 Aug 1914
Extent:
50 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/10/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410
Title:
File 3654/1913 ‘Pts 1.2.&3. PERSIA:- ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1, 2 and 3 of the subject ‘Persia – Admiralty Oil Commission’. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/1) concerns the Admiralty Oil Commission, which is also referred to as Admiral Slade’s Committee. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/2) concerns the Admiralty’s contract with the Anglo-Persian O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1918
Extent:
1 volume (338 folios)