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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [166r] (340/530)
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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[This Document fa the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,
and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with unless
required tor official use.]
POLITICAL
Decypher. 8Ar G. Buchanan. (Petrograci) November 29th.' 0
phoned to say that from language held to him this
morning it seamed that publication of text of our
agreement about Constantinople might have bad effect
would therefore like to know whether His Majesty’s
Government would object to statement being made in the
Duma on Saturday giving dates on which consent of
British and £Vench Governments was given without texts
to the preamble being published if His Majesty’s
Government so desired it but without texts*
I said that so long as dates were given I did not
think His Majesty's Government would object to course
which he proposed but my personal opinion was that
announcement that Allied Governments had consented to
Eussiauhaving Constantinople Straits would produce the
same effect as publication of texts* I promised uo
ask your views by telegraph and should be grateful for
immediate reply.
My telegram No. 182G.
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs has just tele
net only in Rournania but also in Italy and France. He
themselves being published in the three capitals on
following day. There would, he thought, be no objection
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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'
- 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