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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [‎211r] (432/544)

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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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J This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,]
[October 3.]
Section 2.
Sir F. Bertie to Sir Edward Grey .—(Received October 3.)
(No. 369.)
^ r ’ . Paris, October 1, 1910.
1 HA.U the honour to inform you m my telegram No. 69 of the 24th September
that I told M. Pichon, in connection with the question of the proposed Turkish loan
and the pledging of the customs of the vilayet of Constantinople as its security, that
His Majesty’s Government had. only given their consent to the imposition of the
o per cent, customs increase until 1914, when the question of its continuance would
have to be carefully considered.
M. Pichon informs me that he has called the attention of the French Ambassador
at Constantinople to the provisions of article 1 of the protocol of the 25th April, 1907,
as to the duration of the 11 per cent, duty ad valorem, and to the fact that the consent
of the various Governments to the increased tax was by article 5 made dependent on
the execution of certain engagements on the part of the Porte relative to legislation on
mines and analyses, the storing of petroleum, the improvement of the customs service,
and the construction of new buildings for this service ; and he has suggested to the
French Ambassador that the Ottoman Government might be usefully and opportunely
reminded of these points now that they are thinking of giving as security for a loan
the customs of the Constantinople vilayet.
I have, &c.
FRANCIS BERTIE.
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
SECRET.
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( 7 OCT 1910 m
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[35584]
No. 1.

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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.

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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.

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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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