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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [‎103r] (214/530)

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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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an
a British Resident of Indian Native State. Or even like
Lord Cromer in Egyot,
h, CLEMENCEAU enquired to what nation the Resident would
belong-.
Mi, LLOYD GEORGE replied that this would have to be
decided by agreement. For instance, the League of Nations
'would appoint the Resident.
h. CLIkENCEAb remarked that in that case it would be
necessary, in addition^, for an international army and fleet
to be placed under his orders.
iv.R. BALI OUR agreed and said that he did not think this
need cause any very great difficulty.
PATE OP LE. BALFOUR asked permission to put a oractical
MEETING OF
THE PEACE question. He wished to know what had been settled about
CONFERENCE.
the date on which work was to be begun in Paris In connection
Yirith the Peace Conference.
Ivi* CLEkENCEAU replied that nothing definite could be
settled until hr. Wilson had been consulted, but that in the
meanwhile enquiries could be addressed to Colonel House,
PAYMENT OF MARSHAL POOR said that in thw German territories to be
COSTS OF
THE ARi'.;Y OF occupied by th Allh d troops, th cost of the maintenance of
OCCUPATION.
the troops was to be borne by Germany in accordance with the
terms of the armistice.. But as the requirements of the
different Armies were very different, different pay, diff
erent scales of rations, etc., the preparation of the accounts
would become extremely complicated. The Germans would un
doubtedly ask for some uniform method of calculating the
charges to be made.. Ho wished to propose that each Govern-
ment should fix a definite figure as a basis for calculating
the total charges Incurred. Otherwise the Germans would be
lost in the tangle of varied demands put forward. His
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proposal ,

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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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