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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [78r] (172/216)
The record is made up of 1 volume (104 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty 's Government.]
TUEKEY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[June 29.]
S ection i.
[29114] No. l.
Sir L. Mallet to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received June 29.)
(No. 452.)
^ r ' t i?\tnt ^ , Constantinople, June 23, 1914.
1 ENCLOSE a copy of the note which I addressed to the JSubliine Porte on the
21st instant, making the consent of His Majesty's Government for the prolongation of
the surtax beyond the 1st July dependent upon the settlement of the various questions
now under discussion between the two Governments, including that of the petroleum
wells in Mesopotamia. I saw his Highness yesterday, and reinforced the note by an
urgent appeal to him to save His Majesty's Government the painful necessity of
withholding their consent to this surtax, to which his Highness replied that he was as
anxious as you were to terminate these tedious negotiations, and would discuss the
whole matter with the Ministers to-day, exerting all his influence in favour of the
conclusion of the agreement at once. It was finally arranged that I should call on his
Highness at Yenikeuy to-morrow evening to receive my reply.
I need not point out the extreme inconvenience which would be caused by
definitely withholding our consent to the levy of the 3 per cent, after the 1st July, but
in the event of the Turks proving recalcitrant it will be necessary to carry the matter
through, in spite of the financial chaos which our action will entail, according to
Sir K. Crawford. The Bussian consent, limited to one year, pending the settlement of
the question of a Russian representative on the Council of the Debt, was given last
week. In this connection I am informed that it is now unlikely that the German
Government will insist both on a second delegate and on the alternate
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
, but
that they will be satisfied with the latter. The consent of the United States
Government is likewise limited to one year, pending the settlement of certain outstanding
questions connected with the numerous American missions and scholastic establishments
in this country.
I reported in my despatch No. 72, Commercial, of the 13th May last, the arrange
ment under which Germany agreed to the continuation of the surtax also tor one year.
The other Powers having given their consent, that of His Majesty's Government is now
alone in doubt.
I also enclose copy of a note reminding the Porte of the necessity of obtaining the
consent of the minor Powers to the continuation of the surtax as instructed in your
telegram No. 257 of the 10th instant.
I have, &c.
LOUIS MALLET.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Sir L. Mallet to Halim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Altesse, Constantinople, le 21 juin, 1914.
D'ORDUE de mon Gouvernement, j'ai 1'honneur d'attirer votre attention tres
serieuse sur les considerations suivantes relatives aux negociations qui se poursuivent
actuellement a Londres :
1. Son Altesse Hakki Pacha vient de communiquer a Sir E. Grey un projet
modifie de la Convention sur le Reglement des Reclamations pecuniaires britanniques.
L'adoption de ce projet comporterait un changement si radical du texte, tel qu'il a deja
ete parafe il v a quelque temps, que le Gouvernement de Sa Majeste britannique n'a pu
qu'^tre vivement surpris de la communication, d'autant plus que son Altesse Hakki
Pacha a eu depuis des mois pleine connaissance de la maniere de voir de Sir E. Grey a
ce sujet, ce qui lui aurait permis de proposer anterieurement toute modification qui ptit
sembler necessaire a son Gouvernement.
2. Le Gouvernement de Sa Majeste britannique remarque, en outre, qu'apres avoir
perdu un mois entier a etudier les details des listes de reclamations, le Gouvernement
[2165 ff~l]
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, 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 (later Stuart Knox as acting 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. ), the Government of India, Henry Babington Smith, President of the National Bank of Turkey, Louis Mallet, British Ambassador to Turkey, the British Consulate at Adana, Hugh O'Beirne, Counsellor to the British Embassy in Russia, Richard von Kühlmann, Councillor of the German Embassy in London, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 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. , the Board of Trade, William Grey, 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, the British Consulate at Basra, Arnold Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Iraq, and Ibn Sa‘ud, ruler of Najd and its dependencies. Some of the correspondence comes as enclosures.
The documents relate to the latter stages of negotiations and partly consist of drafts and counter-drafts of the eventual agreement, which was never ratified because of the outbreak of the First World War. They also reflect Britain's involvement in the agreement between the Ottoman Turks and the Baghdad Railway Company. Also covered is a discussion about what to do in case of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait's sudden death and territorial claims made by Ibn Sa‘ud on what may be Kuwaiti land.
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- 1 volume (104 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1c) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbering refers to the folio.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioning in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. One document (folios 7-34) is an extract from a printed item that has its own internal pagination system, running from 125-179, before continuing from 180-205 (folios 38-50). The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 52a, 59a. There is one foldout in the volume, at folio 2.
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