ملف رقم ٣٧ لسنة ١٩٠٥، جزء ٥، "تخطيط حدود عدن" [و‎‎٢‎٥] (٦٠٦/٥٤)

ASIATIC TURKEY.
COYFIDEKTIAL.
[September 10 .]
Section 2.
[30479]
No. 1 .
Sir N. O’Conor to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received September 10.)
numbers have been inserted, and also to heights converted from feet on the original
maps to metres on the copies. &
9? i ? 0ma11 Minister for foreign Affairs has forwarded to me in a note verbale of
the 21st ultimo, copy of which is herewith inclosed, a detailed list, in Turkish of the
discrepancies which staff officers claim to have discovered, hut they are so numerous
so microscopic, and, at the same time, so unimportant, that I do not think it is
necessary that I should trouble you with a copy or a translation of the document.
The covering note verbale from the Sublime Porte declares that the map signed by
the respective Commissioners “ is the only one which, in case of necessity, can be
consulted as authentic, and I venture to think that this written declaration of the
Ottoman ministry for Poreign Affairs might, for the reasons given in my despatch
ISo. 81 of the 7th February above referred to, he considered by His Majesty’s Govern
ment as tantamount to a ratification by the Porte of the results of the labours of the
Boundary Commission.
In the circumstances, I have the honour to recommend, subject to the approval of
the Government of India and of the Home Government, that the most practical
solution of the matter would he for me to he authorized to take act, by means of a
responsive note verbale, of the above-quoted declaration of the Sublime Porte, employing
some phrase to the following effect: “ That the original maps signed by the respective
Commissioners are the only ones which, in conjunction with the Protocol signed at
Sheikh Said on the 20th April, 1905, can he consulted as authentic in case of difficulty
arising on any part of the demarcated line.”
cartes qui etaient annexees a ladite note verbale ont ete soigneusement comparees
avec la carte se trouvant an dit Minist5re, et qu’on y a relevd les erreurs et inexactitudes
specifiees dans la liste en 'Pure ci-annexde.*
Les erreurs et inexactitudes qu’on a constatees dans les cartes en question
proviennent probablement du fait que celles-ci ont dtd lithographiees sur des copies de
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. B. O’CONOIL
Inclosure in No. 1.
Note Verbale communicated by Sublime Porte.
EN reponse a la note verbale que PAmbassade de Sa Majestd Britannique a bien
voulu lui adresser le 30 Mars dernier, le Minist5re des Affaires Strangles a 1’honneur
de Tinformer, sur une communication du Departement Imperial de la Guerre, que les
la carte originale, tandis que la carte qui se trouve au Minist&re de la Guerre, etant
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* Not printed.