IOR/L/PS/10/143

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.