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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎5r] (14/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. 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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Treaty with Turkey and other Instruments signed at
Lausanne July 24, 1923.
(Translation.)
FINAL ACT.
The Governments of the British Empire, France and Italy, in
agreement with the Government of Japan, being desirous of finally
re-establishing peace in the East, and having invited on the one
hand Greece, Roumania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, and also the
United States of America, and on the other hand Turkey, to examine
together the arrangements by which a result equally desired by all
the nations might be achieved;
And considering further that among the subjects falling to be
dealt with by this Conference the question of the Straits ought to be
specially examined. Bulgaria and Russia, as littoral Powers of the
Black Sea, being invited to participate in the negotiations and the
decisions to be taken;
And having decided that Belgium and Portugal should be
allowed to take part in the discussion on the economic and financial
questions which arose for those two Powers from the state of war in
the East;
In consequence the delegates hereafter mentioned met at
Lausanne :
For the British Empire :
The Most Honourable George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon
of Kedleston, K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs;
The Right Honourable Sir Horace George Montagu
Rumbold, Baronet, G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). , High Commissioner at
Constantinople;
For France :
M. Camille Barrere, Ambassador of the French Republic
to His Majesty the King of Italy, Grand Cross of the
National Order of the Legion of Honour;
M. Maurice Bompard, Senator, Ambassador of France,
Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of
Honour;
General Maurice Pelle, Ambassador of France, High
Commissioner of the Republic in the East, Grand Officer
of the National Order of the Legion of Honour;
For Italy :
The Honourable Marquis Camillo Garroni, Senator of the
Kingdom, Ambassador of Italy, High Commissioner at
Constantinople. Grand Cross of the Orders of Saints
Maurice and Lazarus, and of the Crown of Italy;
M. Giulio Cesare Montagna, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens, Commander of the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Grand Officer of
the Crown of Italy;
1660 [ 10868 ]

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, 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.

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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎5r] (14/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00000f> [accessed 8 May 2024]

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