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Persian attempt to recruit European technologists for their nationalised oil industry...

Catalogue reference: FO 371/98706

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This record is about the Persian attempt to recruit European technologists for their nationalised oil industry... dating from 1952 in the series Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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FO 371/98706
Date
1952
Description

Persian attempt to recruit European technologists for their nationalised oil industry (NIOC); activities in Persia of Mr Alton Jones, president of the Cities Service Corporation of USA, apparently on a quest for oil supplies. Code EP file 15316

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
File 15316
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2856169/

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Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966

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