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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [‎347r] (708/799)

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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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[May 25.]
Section 2,
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No. 1.
Sir F. Lascelles to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received May 25.)
(No. 240.)
Sir, Berlin, May 22, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to report that a telegram from Constantinople has been
published in the German papers, stating that the Porte has agreed to the construction
of a further section of 800 kilorn. of the Bagdad Railway. This piece of news is
greeted with much jubilation; it is pointed out that this section includes the most
difficult and expensive part of the line, viz., the crossing of the Taurus, so that once
this section is completed, the construction of the remainder of the line to Bagdad
cannot present many difficulties. The " Berliner Neueste Nachrichten ” considers the
obtaining of this Concession a great feat of German diplomacy and a proof of the
falseness of the statements frequently made in foreign papers as to the wane of
German influence at Constantinople. The “ National Zeitung ” bases its pleasure
at the news rather on the financial signification, for, in its opinion, the legends of
Germany being unable to complete the scheme without foreign assistance will thus
be disproved. Both papers think it desirable to add that Germany has no political
intentions or ambitions in that part of the world, and that the railway is to be looked
upon as a purely commercial and civilizing undertaking. The “ National Zeitung ”
also remarks that though Germany is thoroughly capable of building the line herself,
she would gladly allow foreign capital to participate on condition that she retains the
complete management of the line,
I have, &c.
(Signed) FRANK C. LASCELLES.
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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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