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Coll 6/17 'Syria: Political situation in Syria' [34r] (67/180)
The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1931-4 Jul 1946. 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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wer* ©ren more direct; the official nationalists! were
conducting the country to elarory for motireB of personal
gain*
'>• A number of the aticn&list deputies wer& present
but none of them took up the glove. There was a certain
amount of scuf ling about the grave, when wreaths were
being placed, but the ceremony ended at sunset without any
actual exchange of blows.
9. To my mind the intestine differences of politicians
present a less disturbing problem than the economic malaise,
on which I reported in my despatch Ho .*,6 of the 7th my,
par.8-11. Recent events in Aleppo have revealed the existence
of a large depressed class, sufficiently organised for
offensive action, and of other elements prepared to exploit
it. I do not know whether she orgurisers of the demonstrations
in Aleppo are frustrated nationalists or co nnsuiiiBts; but I
observe at i^amasous a group of young and educated comn.unists
in close touch with unemployed or partially employed workmen
and agricultural labourers, and corresponding with Uosoow.
The vehemence of their social sympathies, I am told, would
not survive appointiuent to a post under iovsrnraent, but as
almost the entire output of the University cherishes the same
ambition, it is improbable that all the oonfmnist organisation
can be thus eliminated, and the danger will continue to exist.
1C. The lovern* ©nt is fully conversant with the economic
situation and has called a number of conferences with the
Chambers of Commerce and Agriculture and indeed invited the
evidence of any interested person. Aleppo sent its own
deputation with a fairly exhaustive list of desiderata com
prising she repeal of the Decree against public agitation
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This file relates to changes to the administration of French-ruled Syria during the 1930s and early to mid-1940s.
The file consists of copies of received Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. Most of the correspondence received by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon; Anthony Eden; Viscount Halifax) is either from His Majesty's Consul at Damascus (Edwyn Cecil Hole, succeeded by Gilbert Mackereth) or from His Majesty's Consul at Aleppo (George Evelyn Arthur Cheyne Monck-Mason, succeeded by Archibald William Davis).
The French material in the file consists of copies of decrees, correspondence and a communique produced by the French High Commissioner in Syria and Lebanon (Auguste Henri Ponsot; Damien de Martel; Gabriel Puaux).
Items of discussion include the following:
- The political atmosphere in Aleppo and Damascus in the run-up to Syria's first parliamentary elections under its new constitution, in late 1931 and early 1932.
- An attempted assassination of Subhi Bey Barakat [Subhi Bay Barakat al-Khalidi], former President of Syria, by a student from Homs, in 1932.
- Reports of tense relations in Aleppo, between Syrians identified as 'moderates' and 'extremists' by the British, following the elections.
- Reports on the first sessions of the new Syrian Parliament in June 1932.
- Details of a 1937 decree issued by the French High Commissioner, granting a general amnesty to those referred to in the correspondence as 'political offenders'.
- The resignation of the Syrian Government in March 1939 and the resignation of the Syrian President [Hashim Bay Khalid al-Atassi] on 7 July 1939.
- The resignation of the Syrian Defence Minister, Nabih el Azmeh [Nabi al-Azmeh], in June 1946.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (88 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; 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 external leather cover wraps around the documents; the front inside of this cover has been foliated as folio 1.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2083
- Title
- Coll 6/17 'Syria: Political situation in Syria'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8r, 10r:21v, 26r:73v, 81r:84r, 87r:89v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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