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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [149r] (15/52)
The record is made up of 1 volume (25 folios). It was created in Jun 1906. It was written in English and French. 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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To Messrs. Baring,
February 24,
1903.
Memorandum
handed to
Lord Revelstoke,
March 23, 1903.
On the 24th February, 1903, Lord Lansdowne
intimated to Messrs. Baring, Sir E. Cassel, and
Sir C. Dawkins that, in his opinion, it was
undesirable that the railway should be carried
out without the participation of Great Britain,
and His Majesty’s Government arranged that
the management of the British participation in
the scheme should be placed in the hands of
Messrs. Baring.
During the same month arrangements were
made that Lord Revelstoke, on behalf of Messrs.
Baring, should represent the British group
officially at a meeting fixed to be held in Paris
on the 24th March, for the purpose of settling
and discussing details.
At this meeting Lord Revelstoke handed to
Mr. Gwinner a Memorandum fixing and em
bodying the objects for which, in the opinion of
the representatives of the English group present,
the assistance of His Majesty’s Government
might be obtained.
They stood as follows :—
“ § 1. To agree to a reasonable increase in the
Turkish Customs Tariff, in connection with the pending
negotiations for a new Commercial Treaty, and to offer
no opposition to the inclusion of a portion of the
increased customs revenue among the guarantees for
the Bagdad Company.
“ § 2. Should the new route offer substantial advan
tages over existing routes for the carnage of mails to
India, to make use of it for the purpose on terms to be
agreed upon between His Majesty’s Government and
the Company.
“ § 3. To give assistance (not, of course, pecuniary)
towards the provision of a terminus, with proper facili
ties, at or near Koweit, and co-operate in procuring
convenient customs arrangements.”
Mr. Gwinner suggested that the participation
should take the following form
25 per cent, to Germany.
25 per cent, to England.
25 per cent, to France.
10 per cent, to the Anatolian Company.
15 per cent, to minor nations.
On the 7th April Lord Lansdowne had a
conversation with Lord Revelstoke and Sir E.
Cassel, which is recorded in the following
Memorandum:—
“I told Lord Revelstoke and Sir E. Cassel that a
uerious attempt was apparently being made in the
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This file is a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the Baghdad railway written by Alwyn Parker,who had negotiated with both the German Government and the Ottoman Empire on this issue and was considered the Foreign Office's specialist on the topic.
The memorandum is divided up as follows:
1. General Railway development in Asia Minor;
2. The Baghdad Railway Convention of 1903;
3. The Anglo-German negotiations of 1903;
4. The prospects of completion of the line without British co-operation;
5. The influence of the railway on British interests.
The file contains a map of the rail lines on folio 159 entitled 'Le Chemin De Fer De Bagdad' (The Baghdad Railway).
The appendix to the memorandum contains a copy (in French) of the Convention de la Societe Imperiale Ottomane du Chemin de Fer de Bagdad of March, 1903 (folios 160-166), in and on folio 167 a list of official correspondence and publications referenced in the memorandum.
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- 1 volume (25 folios)
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On folio 167, the memorandum contains a list of all official correspondence and publications referenced in it.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 142, and terminates at f 167, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway'
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- 142r:167v
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