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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [155r] (27/52)
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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and that the 10 per cent, participation and share in the
directorate by the Anatolian Railway of the Bagdad
Railway previously stipulated for were withdrawn.
“ France, Germany, England, and the minor Powers
might then combine to participate in the construction,
on an international basis, of that part of the Bagdad
Railway which lies between Konieh and Bagdad (about
900 miles), together with any branches that might be
constructed between these two points, such as those to
Alexandretta and Aleppo.
“ The Board ot the international section might bo
composed in the following proportion :—
Country.
Percentage.
Great Britain
30
France ...
••• •••
30
Germany
• ••
30
Minor nations
...
10
Total
100
“ Or, it there is any possibility of inducing the United
States to participate, the proportion might be:—
Country.
Percentage.
Great Britain
22
United States
22
France ...
22
Germany
22
Minor nations
12
Total
100
u Provision would have to be made to secure to
participants proportionate shares in the provision of
railway materiel for the international portion of the
line. It would further be desirable that arrangements
should be made to pool the receipts of the German,
French, English, and International Companies, and
that a mutual guarantee should be given by all the
Companies that they will not establish discriminating
tarifis in favour of or against the trade of individual
nations.
“ Such arrangements would concede to the Germans
a point which they were clearly unwilling to yield in
the former negotiations ; and, provided that access to
Alexandretta by the international line is assured, the
Germans, even if they evaded the Agreement by
granting rebates on the Anatolian Railway to German
traders, would not be able to injure our trade on any
section of the line to Konieh, as goods arriving via the
Mediterranean would be sent to Konieh as cheaply by
Alexandretta as by Haidar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
“An arrangement of the nature described above
would require the establishment of a clearing-house
charged with the duty of apportioning receipts and
expenditure on through traffic. The management of
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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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- Title
- 'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway'
- Pages
- 142r:167v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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