OIL CONCESSIONS
AMERICAN RIGHTS IN AIESOPG. TAMIA.
NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March. 17, 9.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 16. It is understood that Mr C. . E. Hughes lately dispatched to the British Government a Note dealing with the question of American rights in Mesopotamia petroleum concessions, resuming the negotiations begun during ex-Prcsident Wilson’s administration. It is believed that the Note was in reply to Lord Curaon’s communication, of February 28t9i, 1921, which declared that g British corporation obtained a concession from the Turkish Government -before the War for the exploitation of all oil lands in Mesopotamia; therefore it was impossible for Britain to accede to tho American contention that the interests of the United States should have an equal share of the oil development in Mesopotamia. It is understood! that Mr Hughes endorsed the contention of the ex-Sec-retary of State (Mr Colby), that tho United States was entitled to equal rights. Air Hughes also disputed the validity of tho Turkish petroleum concession.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11162, 18 March 1922, Page 7
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