'"Situation in Middle East" (Note by Major Bray, Political Intelligence Officer, attached to India Office)' [13r] (25/30)
The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1920. 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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A. Conditions proposed by Bolsheviks for acceptance of
Turkish iationslisLs,
(1) U \KiiY to accept the couwonizt principles,
(2) The abolition of a ; onarchial form of (ioverrunent,
(ii) The KhaliTate to be vested in the head of a Turkish
Communist UovemnenL. The President of the Turkish
Q Communist 'H)vernment must therefore be a uslim,
( *j jhz btate lo be a lay state and freedom of conscience
to be panted.
(5) To assure to Turkish women their essential influence
in social and iolitical life and to enable them to
tvke a proper part in national life, the system of the
veil ana what it comports must be abolished.
(6) The movement against the MIVAN Republic must cease
since this et^te is friendly to Lhe Soviet
Republic and Armenians in tIJliKEY must not be ill-
treated,
(0 TURKiiT to accept all previous and future treaties
si Tied by the ;oviet Government.
(U) Ihe ^UrKi ! h Soviet 'government niust si^ri an of Tensive
and deTensive alliance with the i^usrian Soviet and
a military convention. This convention should aim
at stirring; up the uslims of a 1a and facilitating
an attack on /.U iOPti on their part # for which TUR k S t
is geo^raphicall} well placed.
(AutJiority:- tele^rain from Kiaaim Karabekr, u.C.XVth Arxiy
Corps/ to Mustafa Keiiial, transmitted in Constantinople
report of 2dth uctober, 192u,)
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1. ihe Soviet Government will make war with the loveminent
of u; Ufa Kemal J esha a.^inst forei^gi Imperialitm.
2. 'The Soviet Government recognises all obligations mentioned
in the a greement of six weeks a s o.
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Intelligence report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Political Intelligence Officer attached to 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. , on Soviet activities and influence in the Middle East and the implications for British interests in the region.
The document was prepared as a departmental minute. It discusses several matters, including: the Soviet alliance with Turkish and Arab nationalists across the region, but with a particular reference to Mesopotamia; Italian support (in money and arms) of Turkish nationalists; the need for the British and the French to work together closely to protect their interests; the military strength of all parties.
The report contains two appendices, as follows:
I - Suggested measures for dealing with the Bolshevist Menace in Mesopotamia and Persia;
II - A. Conditions proposed by the Bolsheviks for acceptance of Turkish Nationalists; B. Terms of agreement concluded by Bolsheviks with Mustafa Kemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
There are extensive notes in the left hand margin throughout the report with details on sources and other comments.
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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. A second foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-15; this sequence is written in ink, and is located in the same position as the main sequence.
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