Reports, etc., Feb. 1922., 02/08/1922-02/27/1922

File — Box: 2, Folder: 56

Identifier: 53563

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

02/08/1922-02/27/1922

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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

3 TMs reports or other dispatches regarding affairs in Persia. Includes the following: 1 TMs report by Frederick O. Bird transmitted by Paul Knabenshue to the Sec. of State regarding the travels of John Dos Passos from Constantinople to the Caucasus and then on to Persia, Mesopotamia, and Beirut, with a long statement by Dos Passos describing general political and economic history of Persia, mainly referring to British and Russian attempts at domination; 1 carbon TL from A. C. Bedford, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard Oil Co., to Charles Evans Hughes outlining an agreement between Standard and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company regarding Persian Oil concessions, with references to W. Morgan Shuster, J. P. Morgan & Co., Northern Persian Oils Limited, the Khoshtaria concession, Rupento Company, and Sir John Cadman; 1 carbon TL from Sir Percy Loraine to Moshir-ed-Dowleh, Persian Prime Minister, mostly regarding loans from Great Britain to Persia.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

IRAN (1922) - POLITICAL & ECONOMIC DESCRIPTION - REPORT: Manuscript

KNABENSHUE, PAUL - REPORT ON JOHN DOS PASSOS & IRAN (1922): Manuscript

BIRD, FREDERICK O. - REPORT ON JOHN DOS PASSOS & IRAN (1922): Manuscript

DOS PASSOS, JOHN - REPORT ON POLITICS & ECONOMICS OF IRAN (1922): Manuscript

KHOSHTARIA CONCESSION (1922) - NEGOTIATIONS RE - REPORT: Manuscript

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY (1922) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN PERSIA - REPORT: Manuscript

STANDARD OIL COMPANY (1922) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN IRAN - REPORT: Manuscript

NORTH PERSIAN OILS, LTD. (1922) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN PERSIA - REPORT: Manuscript

BEDFORD, A. C. - REPORT ON IRANIAN OIL AGREEMENTS (1922): Manuscript

CADMAN, JOHN, SIR - AGREEMENT ON IRANIAN OIL CONCESSIONS (1922): Manuscript

HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS - CORRESP. FROM STANDARD OIL: Autographed Letter

MOSHIR-ED-DOWLEH - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

LORAINE, PERCY, SIR - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

GREAT BRITAIN (1922) - RELATIONS WITH IRAN - REPORT: Manuscript

UNITED STATES (1922) - RELATIONS WITH IRAN - REPORT: Manuscript

IRAN (1922) - LOANS TO GOV'T BY OIL COMPANIES - REPORT: Manuscript