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IOR/L/PS/12/562
- Record Id:
- 040-000555561
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000117
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043713647.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/562
- Title:
- Ext 5000/41(12) 'Civil Supplies to Persia. (Supply of transport by U.K.C.C.)'
- Scope & Content:
-
This file is comprised of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq, HM Ambassador to Iran, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, Cairo, Persia and Iraq Command, and the Government of India, Home Department in which they discuss and negotiate a proposal to build up a civil oil reserve in East Persia and the transport requisites for doing so. Among the discussed considerations are:
- The current state of government controlled roads in Persia.
- Former disorder caused by oil and grain famine in Tehran and consequent anti-British sentiment.
- Road improvements, especially for Shahrud-Meshed Road.
- Ramifications of diverting United Kingdom Commercial Corporation aid from Russia to support the east Persian oil reserve.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555561 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/562 : Ext 5000/41(12) 'Civil Supplies to Persia. (Supply of transport by U.K.C.C.)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0564]/040-000555561
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (25 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000117
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 4 Nov 1943-8 Dec 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Ext 5000/41(12)
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of India, Home Department, 1834-1947
HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980
HM Ambassador to Iraq, 1932-
Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, Cairo, 1941-1945
United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, 1940-1946 - Subjects:
- Oil
Road transport
Second World War (1939-1945)
