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Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East [172v] (344/348)
The record is made up of 1 file (174 folios). It was created in 16 Nov 1917-17 Jan 1924. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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resumed. I told his Excellency that 1 was about, the day after to-morrow, to make
a full statement at the Imperial Conference, and although the greater part of this
would be confidential and would not be published m the press, yet so much interest
was attached to the question of the Ruhr, and so much public misapprehension about-
it appeared to prevail, that I contemplated publishing only that portion of mv
remarks which would relate to the subject. 1 told his Excellency therefore that 1
should take advantage of the opportunity to say that in the opinion ot His Majesty s
Government the initiative now lay with the French Government, and that we
exjiected to receive an expression of the French views on the subject. We had
submitted our own proposals as far back as August last. T hey had not found favour,
and we had no fresh proposals or modifications of our own to put forward. Ihe
initiative therefore had passed to France, and the next step would appear to lie with
M. Poincare in submitting his views as to the manner in which the problem in its
international aspect should now be dealt with.
The Ambassador seemed for a moment to think that l would confine myself
to saying that the time for a conference or discussion had now arisen; but I told
him that I should go further than that, and should state plainly that in our view it
was from M. Poincare that the proposals should come.
His Excellency did not at all dispute my remarks; indeed, he repeated what
he had more than once said to me upon the subject. He undertook to transmit at
once what I had said to M. Poincare, and he felt sure himself that as soon as his
Government were convinced that the desistance from passive resistance was
effective—and he did not think that this should take long—the idea of a resumption
of discussion would be acceptable to the French Government.
My conversation had at any rate this advantage, that it was a direct intimation
to the French Government of what I proposed to say and what were the views of
His Majesty's Government on the present situation, so that at least we shall be free
from the suspicion of having sprung any surprise.
I am, &c.
CURZON OF KEDLESTON.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First World War. Matters such as the Greek occupation of Smyrna, the division of Thrace, the Greco-Turkish War, Georgian independence, and the Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne are all discussed.
Other matters covered by the file include those concerning the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire, American advisers in Persia, and the future of Palestine, including a report by the Committee on Palestine (Colonial Office) dated 27 July 1923 (folios 168-171).
Correspondence within the file is mostly between Curzon and representatives of the other Allied Powers, as well as officials from other governmental departments and diplomatic offices.
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- 1 file (174 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 174; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F112/278
- Title
- Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
- Pages
- 2r:12v, 15r:48v, 54r:93v, 95r:105v, 118r:145r, 147v:153r, 154v, 156r:161v, 163r:173v, back, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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