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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [‎107r] (218/368)

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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Pocmnent is the Property of His Britannic Majes ty’s Government.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [January 3, 1910.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
[184]
No. 1.
Section 3
Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Grey —(Received January 3, 1910.)
(No. 1000.)
Sir, Constantinople, December 28, 1909.
HAVING noticed a statement in the Euxine and Marmora Development Syndicate’s
letter to you of the 18th ultimo (Confidential print section 7 ^2411 of the 19th of last
month), that the co-operation of Russian capital in the construction of the projected |
railway from Samsoon to Sivas had been procured through Rossolato Bey, I asked the
Russian Ambassador a few days ago what he knew of the matter.
M. Tcharikoff said that Dr. Rossolato was a Russian subject, and the lawyer who
usually took charge of the interests of Russian subjects in their relations with the
embassy. Early last October Dr. Rossolato had enquired what the attitude of the
embassy would be to the proposed scheme in which he hoped to interest the National
Bank of St. Petersburgh. M. Tcharikoff had replied that he was generally in favour
of the scheme, but he would give no definite answer until he knew the views of the
Minister of Finance, whose permission was requisite before Russian capital could be
invested abroad ; since then he had heard no more from Dr. Rossolato, from which he
concluded that the National Bank (M. Tcharikoff seemed rather doubtful as to the
name of the bank, as he also called it the “ International ” and the “ Commercial ”) had
not taken any very 7 favourable view of the proposal, nor had his own report to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs elicited any instructions.
Rossolato Bey was at one time legal adviser to the department of mines and
forests ; he possesses no capital of his own.
In connection with this railway project, I may mention that, according to the
“ Stamboul ” of the 3rd instant, a party of engineers headed by MM. Dumas and
Briquet has been sent by the Regie generale des Chemins de Fer to survey the country
to be traversed, and left for the interior at the end of November.
I have, &c.
C. M. MARLING.
[2574 c—3]

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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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