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... Turkish state through ordinary banking activities . The bank was indeed established ( called the Turkish National Bank ) , but Gulbenkian immediately set out to convince Sir Ernest Cassel that the last thing they should embark upon was ...
... Turkish state through ordinary banking activities . The bank was indeed established ( called the Turkish National Bank ) , but Gulbenkian immediately set out to convince Sir Ernest Cassel that the last thing they should embark upon was ...
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... Turkish ambassador was called to the Foreign Office and quietly told that under no circumstances would His Majesty's government allow Turkey to increase her revenues so long as she continued to hand out oil concessions to all comers ...
... Turkish ambassador was called to the Foreign Office and quietly told that under no circumstances would His Majesty's government allow Turkey to increase her revenues so long as she continued to hand out oil concessions to all comers ...
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... Turkish grand vizier , Said Halim Pasha , wrote letters to the British and German ambassadors officially granting the oil and mineral concessions for Mesopotomia to the Turkish Petroleum Company . At once the U.S. government pro- tested ...
... Turkish grand vizier , Said Halim Pasha , wrote letters to the British and German ambassadors officially granting the oil and mineral concessions for Mesopotomia to the Turkish Petroleum Company . At once the U.S. government pro- tested ...
Contents
ONE The Millionaires of Baku | 3 |
TWO The Absentee Concessionaire | 14 |
THREE Big Deal | 29 |
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Abdullah Abdullah Tariki Abu Dhabi Ahmed Zaki Yamani Al Hasa American Anglo-American Anglo-Iranian Anglo-Persian Arab Aramco Baghdad Bahrain Baku barrels a day began bin Taimur Britain British government Buraimi Calouste company's consortium crude oil D'Arcy Dammam desert Dhahran drilling Emirates exploit Faisal foreign French Gaddafi Galic Getty Gulbenkian Holmes Ibid Iran Iranian oil Iraq Petroleum Company Iraqi Jersey Jidda King ibn Saud Kuwait later Libyan London Mattei ment Middle East Middle East oil miles million Mossadegh negotiations Neutral Zone Nubar official offshore oil companies oil concession oil fields oil minister oilmen once OPEC operations pany participation percent Persian Gulf Petroleum Company Philby pipeline political posted price producing profits Qatar Red Line Agreement refinery Rihani Riyadh Royal Dutch-Shell royalty ruler Russian Saud's Saudi Arabia shah Sheik Ahmad Standard Oil sultan tankers Tariki Teheran tion told Turkish U.S. government