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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [60r] (128/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1916-27 Mar 1919. 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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Sorbicn minister and the Honnif nian lainister came and solemnly informed
me th£ t thoy saw their xvey to an arrer-cement that \?ould satisfy all
thoso three Balkan Bowers; hut they did not toll mo what the
-arrangement as, nor did they giro me the s an Host hint of what
it was, :jO 1 a.a hot qualified to speaic on that.
fHB CE/URil'U: I was only mentioning it ?s a partial answer to
the question you v;cre putting tr fhvt is to oeoome of the copulations
outside Const-ntinople? tT To twat I uxde the reply that some sort of
arrangement :• op eared to be under discussion*
ivm. 3ALF0UB; I thinu that you might give some to Bulgaria and
some to Greece; hut whatever you .inc to Bulgaria end whatever you
give to Greece you will leave a large population to he managed hy the
mandatory Power* That is a mutter whion X tiiinlc you will find
a very a'oat difficulty. I think that it might me me the Americans
shrink from the task* I a 0 r-jo with you th*t they are the host people
to do it • I s.n not pressed personally by the Xiaval argument; hut
I see toat great obstacle in tbo ray.
I eoe r not.a or obstacle* h f • t . © .vant is £ pe rifiE. nent settlement *
s permanent ‘joaco, in that pert of the \iOrld* imndi. tory Power
is, from the nature of the case, transitory; that is to say it
nay ho transitory. The mandatory Power holds hid land noon e lease*
Ke :* • Ids it indefinitely : hut it is only a lease. It & not held in
pos ession. Therefore you ' dll h-'vo this area r h ich is coveted and
and coveted and passionately coveted hy Bulgaria, ^
passionately covoted by Greu^d ./always in ore in the possession which
is a merely temoomry ;ossossion of some nation which has no porsonc.l
interest so to s >Q?:.k in \ mt she holds, no interest at all in fact in
keeping it excort ms the mandatory Power. There will thereforo he per-
potuil intrigues which ill go on. Constantinople will still bo the
cause of eternal disagreements amon c} the neighbouring btates, and
you will not Invo that fixed end permtnent settlement in that part
of the world which wo ho -o to have. Those are difficulties which it
is er-sp to state ::nd not edsy to solve. If I c nild see a solution to
them I should ay self go in for doing w:.-t I thin l lord Curzon
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The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: 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. minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the Secretary of State for India addressed to the Viceroy of India; correspondence between the 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. and the Foreign Office; and other papers. Some of the correspondence is in French.
Issues discussed in the papers include: whether the Constantinople Agreement, concluded between the British, French and Russian governments in March 1915 (under the terms of which Constantinople and the Straits of the Dardanelles would be annexed to the Russian Empire), should be made public; the possible effect upon Muslims in India of the announcement of the agreement; and the question of the re-conversion of the St Sophia [Hagia Sophia] mosque in Constantinople into a Christian church.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 3579 (Turkey: the future of Constantinople) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/623.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 259; 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 front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/623
- Title
- File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:4v, 5v:9v, 10v:25v, 26v:30v, 32r:115r, 116v:137v, 139r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:196v, 198r:222v, 226r:234r, 235r:257v, 259r:259v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence