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The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 1918?. It was written in English. 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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This confidential memorandum, signed R V, concerns Britain's policy with regards to the Baghdad Railway following the occupation of the Mesopotamia. The memorandum details two variant policies: (1) regarding the Railway not as private property, but as a Turkish State railway, and that all its assets in Mesopotamia should therefore be transferred to the Iraq State pending transfer to an Allied Railway Company; and (2) a proposal for the internationalisation of the Railway to be controlled by Great Britain, France and Italy, and perhaps the United States of America. The advantages and disadvantages vis-a-vis British interests are then further discussed throughout the report.

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1 file (3 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 153, and terminates at folio 155, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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English in Latin script
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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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IOR/L/PS/18/B304
Former external reference(s)
1057

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1918? (CE, Gregorian)
Places
Mesopotamia
People & organisations
Baghdad Railway

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'British Desiderata in Regard to the Baghdad Railway', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B304, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002e4> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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