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File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait' [‎59r] (122/674)

The record is made up of 1 volume (333 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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Iii any further communication
on this subject, please quote
no. 21766/12.
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Ofiicc,
London.
Immediate.
Foreign Office
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' ' May 30th, 1912.
Sir: -
I -am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter P. 1858 of the 21st instant on
the subject of the Bagdad Railway and connected questions.
Sir E. Grey has read this letter with surprise, which
a perusal of former correspondence has merely served to
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increase: in the course of last summer lengthy discussions
took place between the Departments concerned respecting
the reply to be sent to the Turkish Ambassador respecting
the Bagdad Railway and cognate matters; and, as a result
of these discussions, a telegram, dated July 13txi, 1911 >
was despatched to the Viceroy informing hirn ol tne nature
of the proposed reply, and, on July 18th, His Excellency
telegraphed that the proposals H seem satisfactory on the
?/hole and a great advance on those made hitnertog and,
in
particular, he stated that the proposed distrioution
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30 MAY 1912
•of caoital in the Bagdad-Bus so rah section of the railway
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The Under Secretary of State,
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. .

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912.

The correspondence concerns three broad topics:

  • Anglo-Turkish negotiations
  • proposals of the Turkish Government
  • the status of Kuwait.

The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for these international negotiations.

Further discussion surrounds the Draft Report of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.

The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ,and John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council.

Extent and format
1 volume (333 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 2764 (Baghdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 335; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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