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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [77r] (162/530)
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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with Italy and Houmania and would place in continual
jeopardy one oil the main commercial thorounhiares oi
the world, and in any case such an accession oi strength
to Bulgaria as she would derive from the possession oi
Constantinople is, after the part she.has played in the
war, an unthinkable proposition. It is, moreover,
not in our interests that so vital a point as Constan
tinople should be left in the hands oi a weak Power. .
3. There are obvious objections to placing the
administration oi Constantinople and the Straits unuer
a condominium oi the Great Powers somewhat ion the model
of the Danube Commission, and although such a solution
may possibly be hound in the end the only practical one
attainable., it is so far from ideal that no effort should be
spared to find an alternative* Such an alternative
would consist in an arrangement under which international
guarantee would be combined with one-Powcr administration f
and the League oi NationshiTould nominate a mandatory Power
having full authority over Constantinople and the Straits®
The power most suitable for exercising tnis iunction
is the United States of America.
9. It is common ground that, whether Turkey ceases to
possess any territory in Europe or whether she retains
her ancient capital with a more or less substantial
hinterland, the jport of Constantinople and the navigation
of ITie Straits, including the Sea of Marmora as well as the
Bosphorus and Dardanelles, shall be placed under foreign
control o
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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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/623
- Title
- 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