§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the very inadequate maps which have been laid before Parliament in the matter of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, he will consider the advisability of presenting to the House some more complete charts, showing the geographical position up to date of the oil fields from which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company expect to draw their supply of oil for the Navy?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe position in respect to the issue of further maps by the Foreign Office showing the recent rectification of frontier will be explained in my reply to-day to the question of the hon. Member for the Andover Division of Hampshire. The map issued with the Report of Admiral Slade's Commission indicates the site of the principal wells in the Shuster district and the existing pipeline, neither of which is affected by the rectification of frontier.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the source on which the Government are relying for the supply of oil for the Navy under their agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company is in the British sphere of Southern Persia or in the neutral zone?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLHis Majesty's Government contemplate the employment of sources in both the spheres, which are included in the original concession. In present circumstances supplies will be drawn from the wells in the Shuster district, but active prospecting is being pursued further south in promising districts.