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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [‎192r] (392/799)

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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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Sir A. Nicolson to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received November 19, 9'40 p.m.)
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' YOUR telegram No. 1334. Petersburgh, November 19, 1909, 8-31 p.m.
I communicated this afternoon a paraphrase to M. Isvolsky.
which he^ais^rlr b ^ e A Vi ? g his 7 ieWS ’ but there were one or two P oin ts
aB „ e ar that, Emdm-,,1 ° b ® e ™ ed that 80 far as could understand question it would
appeal tliat England and Germany were to divide railway between them the former
ofKd UTaid a t g h d :t d - f t0 tV he COaSt> a S d the kttel the rest 0f li- 3
^ ‘ sai( ^ Y { ^ 11S were so Russian interests were ignored, and there
was to be no conversation a quatre. It seemed to him that in order to gain English
south^of 6 " mc( f^ ltl0 * a ^ t0 the su rtax Germany waived her rights over the line
o th of Bagdad while we gave her a free hand to the north of that place.
He demuired to the supposition that Russia was inclined to agree to the surtax
unconditionally. He further remarked that when some two years or more ago he
began discussing with Germany Bagdad Railway chiefly with reference to future
ehect it might have on railways m Persia, he dropped the matter when he heard
that we maintained that discussions must be d quatre. L do not think that his
memory serves him quite correctly on this point, as so far as I recollect discussions
were abandoned because no_ agreement could be reached as to Germany not claiming
extension eastwards. He said that what I had communicated constituted an entirely
new an unexpected departure, and that apparently we and Germany were disposed
to arrange matters u on the backs of everyone else.”
(Confidential.)
I.could see that the communication was not at all agreeable to him. I drew his
attention to what you had said to the German Ambassador, but this did not seem to
carry much weight with him.
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1881 — 154 ]

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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)
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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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