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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [122r] (252/799)
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 Prtq^erty of ^tis BritawH^ Majesty’s Govemment.]
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[January 14.]
SECRET.
Section 1.
[1493]
No. 1.
Sir F. Bertie to Sir Edward Grey. — {Received January 14.)
(No. 13. Secret.) J ' V/
Sir
’ M PICHON thanked me to-day for the information mTthe honour to
report to you in my despatch No.“5, Secret, of the 1st instant, was given to M. Conty
for communication to his Excellency respecting the attitude of His Majesty’s Govem-
Mr^Gwinmu- 11 ^ t0 ^ ® ag< ^ a ^ Railway negotiations between Sir Ernest Cassel and
M. Pichon observed to me that the French Government had all along been in
favour of tbe internationalisation of the railway. Before he left Paris ten days ago for
a holiday, be had informed the Ottoman Bank that he considered that when Mr. Gwinner
came to Pans to negotiate with French financiers the bank representatives should
listen to Mr. Gwinner s proposals and report them to the French Government, but
should not commit themselves in any way. If, M. Pichon said to me, the French '
financiers accepted terms not approved by the French Government, the loan would not
be allowed a quotation on the Paris market.
information which M. Pichon had in regard to the negotiations between
feir Ernest Cassel and the Deutsche Bank was that the conditions offered by Mr. Gwinner,
viz., a 50 per cent. British participation in the Bagdad to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
section of
the railway, were not at all acceptable to His Majesty’s Government.
I have, &c.
FRANCIS BERTIE.
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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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