Even as late as the "1940s and early 1950s some high British officials still believed that Persian petroleum was actually and rightly British petroleum because it had been discovered by the British, developed by British capital, and exploited through British skill and British ingenuity."
即使到「1940年代及1950年代初，一些英國高官仍理所當然地相信波斯石油就是英國石油，因為當地的石油是英國發現的，由英國資本發展，並且是透過英國的技術和才能開採」。