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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [6r] (20/799)
The record is made up of 1 volume (391 folios). It was created in 1908-1910. 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 Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
SECRET.
[June 6.]
Section 2 .
[ 20070 ] No. 1.
Mr. O'Beirnc to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 6.)
(No. 255. Confidential.)
Sir, St. Petersburg!!, May 30, 1910.
IN a conversation which I had to-day with the Minister for Foreign Affairs he
referred to the negotiations which would presently take place between Russia and
Germany regarding Persia and the Bagdad Railway. He observed that he had all
along kept His Majesty’s Government fully informed of Germany’s proposals to enter
into these negotiations. It was perfectly obvious that Germany’s intention in
negotiating in the way which she had adopted, with each of the two Powers separately,,
was to bring about a division between them. He had been considering what procedure
we ought to* folio win order to render such a result impossible, what was the most
suitable machinery (“ mecanisme ”) to set up for our negotiations ; but he had not yet
been able to come to any distinct conclusion on the subject.
I said, having in mind your telegram No. 156 of the 1st April to Sir A. Nicolson,
that I understood it to be your opinion that since Germany would not negotiate
d quatre,,we could attain practically the same result by negotiating separately and
keeping one another fully acquainted with the course of our respective negotiations.
I supposed that when Germany had put forward any concrete proposals we could
concert between ourselves as to the line of action to be taken in regard to them.
M. Isvolsky remarked that it went without saying that he would keep His
Majesty’s Government informed of his negotiations, but he was not sure that this was
enough to meet the requirements of the case, more especially as regards the Bagdad
Railway. It seemed to him that a moment would come in the negotiations when it
would be necessary to “ make reserves,” safeguarding, as I understood him to mean,
the interests of the other Powers concerned.
I thanked his Excellency for wRat he had said to me, and I said that I would
transmit his suggestion to you, and that you would doubtless let him have your views
upon it.
I have, &c.
HUGH O’BEIRNE.
[2789/—2]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1903-1907.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad in particular.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume are four maps.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Lansdowne, Sir Edward Grey), His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas O'Connor), the Under Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Charles Hardinge, Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson), and for India (Earl Percy, Sir Arthur Godley), the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon of Keddleston), the Secretary to the Political and Secret Department of 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. (Sir Richmond Richie) and the London Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia (George Newell).
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- 1 volume (391 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 392; 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 ff 329-358; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:164v, 166r:238r, 238r:238v, 238v:277r, 277r:277v, 277v:285r, 285r:285v, 285v:363v, 365r:392r, 392
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