Office of the Historian

Decision by the Department of State to support the Turkish Petroleum Company’s new concession in Iraq (Mesopotamia) providing for American participation and the open door40

40. For previous correspondence concerning petroleum exploitation in Iraq (Mesopotamia), see Foreign Relations, 1922, vol. ii, pp. 333 ff.

[156] The Secretary of State to the Special Mission at Lausanne

Washington, January 30, 1923—noon.

890g.6363 T 84/74a: Telegram

[157] The Special Mission at Lausanne to the Secretary of State

Lausanne, February 3, 1923—4 p.m.
[Received 1:55 p.m.]

890g.6363 T 84/75: Telegram

[158] The President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (W. C. Teagle) to the Secretary of State

New York, February 6, 1923.
[Received February 8.]

890g.6363 T 84/77

[160] The President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (W. C. Teagle) to the Department of State

New York, 25 October, 1923.
[Received October 31.]

890g.6363 T 84/117

[162] The President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (W. C. Teagle) to the Secretary of State

New York, December 10, 1923.
[Received December 11.]

890g.6363 T 84/123

[163] The Consul at Bagdad (Randolph) to the Secretary of State

Bagdad, December 15, 1923—noon.
[Received December 16—5:25 a.m.]

890g.6363 T 84/124: Telegram