File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha' [‎272r] (59/60)

[This Document is tha Property of His Britannic Maj esty’s Government.]
Printed for the use of the Cabinet, December 1915.
I CIRCULATE for the confidential information of the Cabinet the following
telegram which has been received by the Russian Embassy from the Russian Minister
for Foreign Affairs. n
We learn from Armenian circles at Constantinople that Djemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. would be
prepared to lead an open rebellion against the Turkish Government and the Germans,
provided the Allies accept the following terms
1 . The Allied Powers guarantee the integrity and independence of Turkey m
Asia which will include the auto nomo us provinces of Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia,
Arabia Armenia, with Cilicia and Kurdistan, under the soyer^t^f
2 ’ Djemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to be proclaimed Sultan, with heredity from father to eldest son
D enial will declare the downfall of the Government at Constantinople and
the dethronement of the Sultan, as prisoners of Germany, and wdl enter into a
campaign agmnstthenn er g ^ ^ ^ on Constantinople with arms,
snpphes^a^ ^ J ^ ^ they ofEer Djemal financial assistance.
(i Diemal aorees to the loss of the Straits and of Constantinople.
7 '. Djemal undertakes forthwith to take measures for the safety of Armenians
and for providing them with food till the end of the war.
the GoVemnmnt ^and S dethron'e the’ ^^^"^^^^g^^^^Lt^mild^therofore
tend to weaken her and thus sene through trusted Armenian
!;gent S si ra and ‘wiles ifaSnThe views of His Majesty’s Government on the
subject.