BP - British Petroleum Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis CIA - British Government Files PDF File1,353 pages of CIA, British Government, and State Department files covering the interest of the once British Government controlled enterprise subsequently known as BP - British Petroleum. In 1908 BP - British Petroleum was founded as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The files chiefly covers the British (AIOC/BP)-Iranian oil dispute of the 1940's and 50's, and the United State's involvement in its settlement and