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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [64r] (136/530)
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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fo^ce u« to lncr, a , e the Mzo of our fleet. So. it ie deeirable
froffl our point of V4fe--, not to encourage the yimerioiine to undertake
comciitmento outeide their o-vn ccntiaent. There ie no douht that if
the -aricine go to Paleetine and Turkey, tney will maintain a hig
squadron in the .mediterranean, and that will he a considerable
embarrassment to us in the future.
THr C ^ IIRUAH; If the y ’ ven t to Constantinople in the kind of
capacity that has been suggested namely in order to exercise police
powers, why should they require to strengthen their Havy?
AMORAL HOPB: There is no particular reason why they should,
but, k ho wing the Air.erioa.ns, I think that they would,
THT, Ciiwilio.vAR: What would they have to do with their Navy?
AIUI&AL HOPS: They would be possibly in Caucasia as well.
THE Chair:L kN: We are dealing for the moment with the question
of Constantinople, ju^t as Yre dealt the other day in the Cabinet
ivath the question of Palestine, I could not see then why, if they
were placed in charge of Lerusalesa they must have a fleet in the
Mediterranean to enable then to do sc.
ADMIRAL HOPE: I think that they will, I do not say that there
is any reason. They had the very slightest interest possible in
Beyrut in Syria., but they kept ships there. I say that it would
be a considerable embarrassment to us if they did have a big
squadron there.
With regard to the Straits themselves, the proposition of the
Admiralty is that the waterways should be administered by mach
inery similar to the Danube Commission. That has really the
administration of the waterways, the lights, pilots, the pro
vision of marks, regulations for the ships passing, the payment
of dues as they cone along. They would hsve absolutely no
jurisdiction ashore, provided that the forts and fortifications
have been destroyed. If they have been destroyed, and there are
no guns on the bunks of the DarcbhbLlda and the 'phosphorous, the
Dardanelles and Sosphercus Commission need not have the
slightest administrative work on shore,
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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.
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- 1 volume (259 folios)
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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.
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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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- File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
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- 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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