anglo-persian built iran's petroleum infrastructure, including the giant refinery town on the northwest tip of the persian gulf at abadan, where tens of thousands of impoverished workers and their families lived under appalling circumstances. ... wages were fifty cents a day. there was no vacation pay, no sick leave, no disability compensation. the workers lived in shanty-town called kaghazabad, or paper city, without running water or electricity, let alone such luxuries ...
My oldest brother was elected to get us vaccinated, passported etc and lead us to Abadan, Iran. It was a 45 minute flight on a twin-engine dehaviland "Dove" 8-passenger prop plane from Abadan to Agha Jari (owned by IOEP&C). ...
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