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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [222v] (452/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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58
As to the last sentence in your letter, he entirely agrees with the views of the
Marquess of Crewe, though he considers that the precise moment of makmgoui
SeatTon to Per'sia mnst be largely dependent upon developments m the Turco-
Persian Frontier Commission now sitting at Constantinople.
T am, etc.,
LOUIS MALLET.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the Di-
vision of the Chief of the StafL)
(Received on the 5th August 1912, with Politic
19th July
[B]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [J uly 9],
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 7.
No. 1
[29185] Board of Trade to Foreign Ojfice.—(Received July 8).
(Urgent and Very Secret).
g I;R Board of Trade, July 8, 1912.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 4th July, forwarding the draft of a memorandum respecting negotiations
now pending with the Turkish Government, which Sir E. Grey proposes to com
municate to the Turkish Ambassador, and to return the draft herewith^ with
certain amendments, indicated in red ink*, which they desire to suggest for Sn E.
Grey's consideration.
With regard to the several amendments, I am to point out that the words
"from 11 per cent, to 15 per cent, ad valorem" have been deleted from (iii) of the third
paragraph of the draft and from the heading to section (iii), since the effect of the
proposal for the special treatment of British cotton manufactures, set out m the
amended form of section (iii), will be to limit the rate of customs duty to something
less than 15 per cent, in the case of an important item in the Turkish import trade.
The addition of certain words at the end of the fifth paragraph of the draft
has been suggested with a view to emphasising the close relation between the with
drawal of the British claim Ito participate in the railway between Baghdad and
Basrah and the other proposals dealt with in the memorandum.
In view of the amended form of section (iii) now suggested, the words deleted
from (a) of the sixth paragraph appear unnecessary.
The Board think it advisable to indicate in (6) of the same paragraph the
necessity of the British representatives upon the board of the railway from Baghdad
to Basrah being approved by His Majesty's Government, and they are also disposed
to suggest that, should Sir E. Grey see no objection, this opportunity should be
taken to direct the attention of the Turkish Government to the desirability of
British representation upon the board of the Baghdad Railway proper.
Finally, section (iii) of the draft has been amended so as to indicate more pre
cisely the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the proposed increase of
the Turkish customs tariff.
I am, at the same time, to forward to you herewith the draft of a railway con
vention for submission, with Sir E. Grey's concurrence, to the Ottoman Government,
and to state that the proposed schedule of cotton duties will be forwarded to you at
the earliest possible date.
I am, etc.,
H. LLEWELLYN SMITH.
♦Printed in erased type and italics,
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, the Government of India, the 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. , and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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