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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [‎82r] (168/368)

The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 1908-1911. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
[April 19.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
[ 12060 ]
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Lowther.
Section 1,
(No. 102.)
Sir, Foreign Office, April 19, 1910.
WITH reference to your Excellency’s despatch No. 164 of the 21st ultimo,
enclosing a copy of the provisional contract between Mr. Chester and the Ottoman
Government for the construction of railways in Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , I transmit to you herewith
copy of a letter on this subject from Mr. W. K. D’Arcy. You will observe that
Mr. D’Arcy considers it probable that the concessionnaire will endeavour to introduce
modifications into the convention with a view to reducing his obligations in respect of
railway construction, and I request that your Excellency will use your influence,
whenever possible or requisite, in opposing any relaxation of obligations in this sense.
With reference to the last paragraph of Mr. D’Arcy’s letter, if your Excellency is
unable to obtain the whole concession desired by Mr. D’Arcy, you should strongly «
support his representative in his endeavours to obtain the concession for oil-fields in
Mesopotamia not embraced in the Chester concession, and including the sole right to
build and work pipe-lines.
I am, &c.
E. GREY.
[2710 t—l]
2 ? *7

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia.

Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir and along the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to compete with the Baghdad Railway. The company was designated 'The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli - Homs Railway and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company'.

Correspondence also discusses the different consortia bidding for oil concessions in Mesopotamia and the relative significance of French, Russian and German involvement. Included in the volume is a letter (folios 49 - 153) from William Knox D'Arcy giving a 'List of Turkish concessions connected with oil now being sought'.

The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and the Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther).

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1 volume (182 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3047 (Railways: Asiatic Turkey) consists of 1 volume,

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English and French in Latin script
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