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IOR/L/PS/10/1035/1

Record Id:
041-000546441
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000544688
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x000229
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100183679231.0x000002
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1035/1
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 1 'Persia:- Oil concessions & financial situation.'
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to negotiations between HM Government and the United States Government aimed at co-operation over mutual interests in oil concessions, finance, and political co-operation in Persia [Iran]. Papers comprise India Office Political Department memoranda and enclosures in print, typescript, and handwritten annotations, notably covering and including:
  • Opinions of the Minister of the Government of Persia in Washington regarding: a) the North Persian oil concession, also called the Khostaria oil concession [also written as Khoshtaria, after Akaki Khoshtaria], which covered the provinces of Azerbayejan [Azerbaijan, also written Azerbaidjan], Khorassan [Khorasan], Gilan, Mazenderan [Mazandaran], and Astrabad [Astarabad, present-day Gorgan]; and b) the Sinclair oil concession [after Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation]
  • The proposal for a loan of ten million toman [ṭūmān] to the National Assembly or Madjlis [Majlis; also written Medjliss]
  • A proposal from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited [also called Anglopers] and the Standard Oil Company to pay the Government of Persia a loan of ten million dollars secured on the Southern oil royalties, based on the D'Arcy oil concession [after William Knox D'Arcy]
  • The Government of Persia's confirmation of the receipt of payment totalling one million dollars (at seven percent interest) from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited through JP Morgan and Company of New York, contingent on access to the North Persian oil concession
  • The British Government's accusation that the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation and the United States Legation in Tehran colluded with the Bolsheviks or Russian Legation [Legation of the Soviet Government] in negotiations over the North Persian oil concession
  • The state of the Persian Treasury and immediate proposals from the British and Americans to provide loans leveraged on the Southern oil royalties
  • Correspondence and testimonials regarding Curtis Melnitz, who offered HM Consul General in New York intelligence on the policy of the United States Government and their Minister to Persia.
Correspondents include: HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Under-Secretary of State for India; HM Treasury; Persian Prime Minister, President of the Council of Ministers, and Minister of War; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Persia to the United States, Imperial Legation of Persia, Washington; Secretary of State of the United States, Washington; United States Minister, Tehran; HM Ambassador, Washington; HM Consul General, New York; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Tehran; Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, New York; Standard Oil Company, New Jersey; Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited, Tehran and London; and Imperial Bank of Persia, Tehran and London.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546440
041-000546441
Is part of:
IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/1035 : File 464/1922 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL SITUATION. ANGLO-AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS.'

 

IOR/L/PS/10/1035/1 : File 464/1922 Pt 1 'Persia:- Oil concessions & financial situation.'
Hierarchy:
032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[1038]/040-000546440[0001]/041-000546441
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:
1 item (419 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1918
End Date:
1924
Date Range:
8 Jul 1918-16 Jul 1924
Era:
CE
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Former External References:
P 464/1922 Pt 1
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)
Names:
Government of Persia, Treasurer-General, 1911-c 1925
Ministry of Finance, Iran, Early 20th century-