Reports, etc., 1920., 02/19/1920-10/26/1920

File — Box: 2, Folder: 49

Identifier: 53556

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence, reports, and printed material relating to CVHE's service in Iran from 1920 to 1923.

Dates

02/19/1920-10/26/1920

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

8 reports and other transmissions mostly regarding affairs in Persia in 1920. Includes the following: 5 carbon telegrams sent from CVHE and Paul Knabenshue to Washington and Constantinople from Beirut mostly regarding Turkish attacks on Armenians and Emir Faisal, Arabs and Zionism; 2 copy TLs from H. E. Cole, Director of the Standard Oil Company of New York, to Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, with short reports included, all regarding Mesopotamian duties on the import and export of oil; 1 TMs report from Frank Polk to robert Lansing regarding British and American oil markets around the world with references to the Caribbean and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and with attached carbon TL from Lord Grey to Lansing; 1 TMs report by Sydney Armitage Armitage-Smith, Financial Advisor to the Imperial Persian Government, for the Persian government regarding royalties from oil concessions given to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; 2 carbon telegrams from CVHE to the Secretary of State regarding conditions in Bagdad; 1 TMs memo from E. N. Wickham to CVHE (?) regarding military situation in Persia with references to British, Cossack, Armenian and Azerbaijani forces and Bolshevik take over of Enzeli and Resht; 1 TMs report on Afghanistan taken from the Statesman's Yearbook (1920).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

CARIBBEAN (1920) - BRITISH & AMERICAN OIL RIGHTS - REPORT: Manuscript

ENGERT, CORNELIUS VAN HEMERT - CORRESP.: Manuscript

KNABENSHUE, PAUL - CORRESP.: Manuscript

LEBANON (1920) - BEIRUT - TERRORISM - REPORTS: Manuscript

ARMENIANS (1920) - ATTACKS FROM TURKS - REPORT: Manuscript

ARABS (1920) - REPORT: Manuscript

EMIR FAISAL (1920) - REPORT RE: Manuscript

FAISAL, EMIR (1920) - REPORT RE: Manuscript

ZIONISM (1920) - ARAB & TURK SENTIMENTS - REPORT: Manuscript

COLE, H. E. - DUTIES ON AMERICANS IN MESOPOTAMIA - REPORT: Manuscript

IRAQ (1920) - DUTIES ON AMERICAN COMPANIES - REPORT: Manuscript

STANDARD OIL COMPANY (1920) - CORRESP. TO U.S. SEC. OF STATE: Manuscript

LANSING, ROBERT - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

POLK, FRANK - REPORT ON BRITISH & AMERICAN OIL MARKETS (1920): Manuscript

GREAT BRITAIN (1920) - OIL MARKETS - REPORT: Manuscript

UNITED STATES (1920) - INTERNATIONAL OIL MARKETS - REPORT: Manuscript

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY (1920) - OIL CONCESSION IN PERSIA - REPORT: Manuscript

ARMITAGE-SMITH, SYDNEY ARMITAGE - REPORT ON ANGLO-PERISAN OIL DEAL: Manuscript

IRAN (1920) - OIL CONCESSIONS TO U.S. & U.K - REPORTS: Manuscript

WICKHAM, E. N. - REPORT ON MILITARY AFFAIRS IN IRAN (1920): Manuscript

IRAN (1920) - BRITISH MILITARY INVOLVEMENT - REPORT: Manuscript

IRAN (1920) - BOLSHEVIK & COSSACK MILITARY INVOLVEMENT - REPORT: Manuscript

ARMENIA (1920) - BOLSHEVIK & COSSACK MILITARY ACTIVITY - REPORT: Manuscript

AZERBAIJAN (1920) - BOLSHEVIK & COSSACK MILITARY ACTIVITY - REPORT: Manuscript

AFGHANISTAN (1920) - GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Manuscript