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Coll 17/4 'Iraq-Syria & Syria-Transjordan frontier: delimitation' [128r] (268/788)
The record is made up of 1 volume (386 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1921-27 Oct 1932. 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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M3. RMI-BEL stated that the Foreign Office attached consider
able importance to having any agreement Cached hy the Delegatio
confirmed by their respective Governments immediately. It was
important to avoid a renetitinn nr +
1 X tl0n 01 That occurred in Paris in
fuly, 1930, when the French and British delegations arrived at
an agreed formula, which was soon afterwards confirmed by H .M.
Government, but which the French Government after several weeis’
celay, altered in several essential particulars. He proposed,
therefore, that any agreement reached should be immediately
incorporated in no+es to be exchanged between the Embassy and
+he Quai Orsay before Sir Francis Humphrys and Colonel Cox left
Paris*
MR. 7ATERFISLD asked when the Commission was likely to get
to work*
xv ® said thatj as r egards the Irag sector, the
proposal was not to await the next session of the Council, hut to
get the question r eferred as a non-contentious one through the
Cnairman of the Council to the members of the Council, even if
not in session. It was hoped that in this way a Commission might
t>e appointed without delay.
SIR PRARCIS HUMPHRYS considered that should this Commission
start work on the Syria-Iraq. boundary in January next, its task
should be completed before the hot weather, i.e. in April or May.
'-he map that was now in preparation would facilitate settlement.
COLONPL COX stated that an Anglo-French Commission composed
ot officers with local knowledge of the ground could start the
delimitation of the Syria-^ransJordan frontier immediately the
^ranch agreed to co-operate*
MR. MATpRFlFpj) stated that he had raised these points as
'•* le reasury was unable to give any assurance that the necessary
unds would oe forthcoming during the next financial year.
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Papers regarding negotiations to amend the borders between French-mandated Syria, and British-mandated Iraq and Trans-Jordan. The papers discuss the boundaries established by the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Treaty of Sèvres, the British push for the inclusion of Amadiyah within the Iraq mandated territories, and the issue of tribal groups crossing border regions. The papers primarily consist of communications between the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the High Commissioner for Iraq, with occasional commentary from 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. Political Department.
The file also contains copies of treaties, minutes and appendices from the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, and minutes and documents circulated by the Council of the League of Nations, including:
- Memorandum by the High Commissioner for Iraq, stating objections to the frontiers established by the Treaty of Sèvres, including two maps, ff 375-380.
- Minutes and appendices of the Foreign Office meeting of 13 July 1931, including copies of the Humphrys-Ponsot Draft for Combined Reference to the Council of the League of Nations, and a copy of the Agreement between HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. and the French Government respecting the Boundary Lines between Syria and Palestine from the Mediterranean to El Hammé, Treaty Series No. 13 (1923), ff 315-349.
- Papers circulated at the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee meeting of 8 September 1931, including correspondence with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the Beirut formula, ff 238-314.
- Minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee meeting of 23 September 1931, including a sketch map of the Syria-Trans-Jordan frontier, and a report by the British Resident at Trans-Jordan, ff 141-209.
- Second report by Sir Francis Humphrys on his negotiations in Paris regarding the Syrian frontier, and annexes comprising draft agreements, ff 67-75.
- Excerpt minutes of the 65th Session of the Council of the League of Nations, 9 December 1931, including copies of the joint request for arbitration submitted by Britain and France, ff 48-66; plus minutes of the sessions on 31 October 1931, and 30 January 1932, ff 37-46.
- Copy of the League of Nations Mandate, Report of the Commission entrusted by the Council with the Study of the Frontier between Syria and Iraq, Geneva, 10 September 1932 (Official reference: C. 578. M. 285. 1932. VI), ff 6-28, which includes four maps (IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i), IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (ii), IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (iii) and IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (iv)).
The volume includes a divider giving a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).
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- 1 volume (386 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 388; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-385; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/4 'Iraq-Syria & Syria-Transjordan frontier: delimitation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:29v, 31r:31v, 36r:36v, 47r:48v, 55r:56v, 59r:65v, 66v:70v, 76r:84v, 89r:95v, 98r:116v, 118r:185v, 187r:202v, 207r:259v, 264r:266v, 273r:293v, 299r:329v, 344r:378v, 381r:387v, back-i
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