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Folios 266-284: Transferred territories oil agreement: the formula for the calculation...

Catalogue reference: CO 730/87/34

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This record is about the Folios 266-284: Transferred territories oil agreement: the formula for the calculation... dating from 1925 July 8 in the series Colonial Office: Iraq Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 730/87/34

Date

1925 July 8

Description

Folios 266-284: Transferred territories oil agreement: the formula for the calculation of royalty in the Persian agreement is more favourable to the government than in the Iraq agreement, and recommends that a royalty based on the production of the wells should replace the percentage of net profits.

Sent from Board of Trade, 7 July 1925.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

31066

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CO 730

Colonial Office: Iraq Original Correspondence

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