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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [196v] (403/544)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 1910-1912. 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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Tdg inclined to run counter to tlie wishes of His Majesty s Government and British
interests in this particular matter, and that theie might he means of discouraging
London financial houses from entertaining proposals for _ a loan if the French
Government refused their consent to a .Quotation of the projected d,000,0001. except
on terms concerted between the British and French Governments which would include
an arrangement in regard to the Bagdad Railway. M. Louis admitted the danger of
part of the loan being" used to the disadvantage of the political interests of France
and England, and he undertook to bring before M. Pichon to-morrow the representation
which I had made by your direction, viz., that m the absence of any stipulation on the
subject of the application of the loan it may either directly or indirectly be utilised in
part to hasten the completion of the Bagdad Railway to the exclusion of any
participation in the undertaking by France and England and the imposing a great
burden on the Turkish Exchequer to the advantage of Germany and the Turkish
military party, and that in these circumstances it would be advisable during the
discussions on the loan to stipulate for a satisfactory settlement of the railway question
inclusive of a modification of the onerous financial clauses of the concession of 1903
and the participation of France and England in the undertaking.
M Louis gives up charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to-morrow.
I have, &c.
FRANCIS BERTIE.
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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 1910-1912.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume is a copy of the Russo-German agreement.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of 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. Pagination: a pagination sequence in red crayon is present between ff 244-252.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/58
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:40v, 42r:69v, 71r:114v, 116r:119v, 121r:176v, 178r:192v, 195r:200v, 203r:203v, 207r:256v, 258r:262v, 266r:266v, 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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