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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [155v] (28/52)
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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the clearing-house would be in the hands of a Mixed
Committee of the several Boards.
“ If the entire system could be placed under bond fide
international control, British interests would be
adequately safeguarded, but the difficulties appear
insuperable. It is extremely unlikely that the
Germans would consent to internationalize the Ana
tolian Railway, while the French would probably
object strongly to a similar arrangement in regard to
the Syrian lines.
“On the whole, the arrangement above suggested
seems the most practical at the present time, and it
might be desirable to sound the French Government
on the subject.
“ The following is a summary of the proposals :—
“ (a.) Germany to retain control and management of
the Anatolian Railway.
“ (&.) France to retain control and management of
the Syrian railways.
“ (c.) Great Britain to construct, control, and manage
the Bagdad Gulf section.
“ (d.) The intervening section, with branches and
connections, to be internationalized.
“ (e.) The international section to be controlled by
a Board on which the Great Powers are equally
represented.
“(/.) Materials for the international section to be
provided by the Powers in proportion to their financial
participation.
“(^.) The Powers to undertake not to impose
differential rates on the sections they severally control.
“ (A.) The receipts on the entire system to be
pooled and distributed by a clearing-house managed
by a Committee from the several Boards.”
In addition to the above-mentioned conditions, Board of Trade
Article XXIX of the Bagdad Bailway Convention ^uieTooi 11113
would have to he so modified as to admit the
working of the Bagdad Gulf section as soon as
completed.
In the opinion of the Board of Trade it is also
essential that the waterways in this region, as
well as the railroad, should be under British
control, not only in order to facilitate the work
of construction, but also to prevent the Turkish
steamers on the Tigris from undercutting the
railway freights. Down-stream rates are some
times as low as \d. per ton per mile, whereas the
lowest freight rates on the Anatolian Railway in
1902-1903 averaged f d.
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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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