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Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.' [228r] (456/576)
The record is made up of 1 file (286 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1936-31 Aug 1939. It was written in English. 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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demanded erection of Sanjak into independent State, proposal which
wa. mac cep table to French Government as going far beyond 1921
Ixeaiy and coming in direct conflict with mandatory document of 1922,
vrincn referred only to states of Syria and the Lebanon. France had
no sovereignty over the Sanjak, and could not possibly negotiate an
agreement which would conflict with the terms of the Mandate and with
the principles laid down from time to time by the League. He
recalled decision of Mandates Commission at 24th session (approved by
Council m January 1924), which specifically excluded, as incompatible
tn<3 " andate ’ an y idea of erecting a third independent territorial
unit within the mandated territories,
M. Vienot observed that the Council was capable of changing the
present juridical position. French Government felt obliged, however,
o dxaw attention to grave practical risks which any such modification
would entail in the present case. Unity of Syrian territory was
fundamental principle of Franco-Syrian settlement and amputation of
jak at this stage would cause consternation among whole Arab world
which might easily lead to further grave troubles in the Near Last. ’
k. Vienot then expressed surprise at 1L Aras' allegations about
present condition of Turkish population in the Sanjak. Small
military reinforcements had been sent there solely in view of
provocative incidents and also to supervise the frontier. As justi
fication M. Vienot referred to speech by Turkish Prime Minister on
15th December, containing allusion to risk of very embarrassing
situation suddenly developing over the Sanjak.
Fi encii Government were ^ x
t x x -i o agree to conservatory measures
*o ^/oid incidents on the frontier nr in fho ^ .
ler o- 1 ln the oanjax and suggested
despatch of neutral observers to each si he +i
eaCn S10e 01 boundary. They could
. ov.-ever, agree to any measnres .Mch vvotad encroach on the
.anoator, powers of Prance, particularly as regards the .aintenanee
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This file documents the British response to developments regarding the status of the Sanjak [administrative district, referred to in Arabic as Liwa] of Alexandretta, including the cities of Alexandretta [İskenderun, Turkey] and Antioch [Antakya, Turkey].
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Ambassador, Istanbul (Sir Percy Loraine, succeeded by Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen); His Majesty's Ambassador, Bagdad [Baghdad] (Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, succeeded by Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson); His Majesty's Ambassador, Paris (Sir George Russell Clerk, succeeded by Sir Eric Phipps); the British Consul, Aleppo (Archibald William Davis); the British Consul, Damascus (Gilbert MacKereth); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); officials of the Foreign Office.
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The demography of the Sanjak of Alexandretta.
- Turkey's claim for the Sanjak to be given autonomy.
- The progression of Franco-Turkish negotiations, brokered by the League of Nations and resulting in the Sanjak's new autonomous status (in its internal affairs only), as granted in a League of Nations statute, concluded in January 1937 and brought into force on 29 November 1937.
- Reports of both Arab and Turkish demonstrations in Alexandretta and Antioch during January 1937 (as well as Arab demonstrations in Aleppo).
- Pressure from Syria and Iraq for the Sanjak to be partitioned between Syria and Turkey.
- The reported registration of non-Turkish electors in the Sanjak as Turks.
- Reported divisions in the Syrian Nationalist Government.
- The conclusion of a treaty of friendship between France and Turkey in July 1938.
- The announcement in September 1938 that the Sanjak of Alexandretta will in future be known as the Republic of Hatay, with Antioch as its capital.
- The Franco-Turkish agreement regarding the change of status of Hatay to that of a Turkish province, concluded in June 1939.
The French language material in the file consists of several items of correspondence, plus copies of the aforementioned Franco-Turkish agreement (dated 23 June 1939) and the Turco-French treaty (dated 4 July 1938).
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (286 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 287; 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.
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- Coll 6/81 'Syria: Status of Alexandretta and Antioch.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 11r:12v, 14r:23v, 26r:81v, 84r:84v, 87r:131v, 133r:170v, 172r:194v, 196r:217v, 223r:236v, 239r:263v, 265r:287v, back
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