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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [69r] (146/530)
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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is subject to this; if it is the ers© v?e must bo very very
ccreful indeed in dealing with the Sulten not to do anything
to him on account of huhammadan feeling, the deduction I
draw from thet is that ae perpetuate difficulties in dealing
v'-ith the bultan, because every tine -ve want to do something
we have to face the difficulty of dealing Fith ; uhn •rnadan
feeling. If we once cut the Gordian knot and gat, rid of
the lurk —•«
THE GK'IiVi- .H; Supposing that the Americans or some other
form of r dministrs tion ■■■ 'ere set up in Constantinople, how
would you deal with the hinterland?
SIR EYRE CRO E: The only hinterland which at the present \
time' I believe is In question is west of the line nnos-MAifa
This is the only territory, end this bit of Thrice. I think
that everybody is agreed that that is all that is going to
be left to Turkey under any schcrae. That territory is largely
inhabited by Greeks. The principal ports of it are Greek.
Redos to is Greek. '• ith all due respect to General hilne I
entirely disagree with inn when he says that the Government
of Greece is worse than that of Turkey* It is by no means
perfect; but it is a travesty to compare 5.t with that of Turkey.
The Greeks do keep order. They have a thriving population*
They carry on legitimate trades on perfectly civilised lines,
and they are very veil able to hold their o n,- It is quite
possible that they o oppress foreign populations. All the
Balkan people do that* I believe tint the Turkish element
in this bit of Thrace would clear out. As Lord Curz.on pointed
out if the Sultan goes to Brusr or Ron!a, I think most of
those Turks will clear out, just as L/ J. X O clear-..d out of Crete.
I think that the Armenians would clear out.
LORD ROB..RT CECIL: You do not think that the Armenians would
go, surely? They would stay where they can make money.
SIR nYRE CRO E: I think they might,
foot for concentrating the Armenians?
LORE ROBERT CECIL; Ruite right,
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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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- Open Government Licence