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Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East [7r] (13/348)
The record is made up of 1 file (174 folios). It was created in 16 Nov 1917-17 Jan 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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the days to come. People in England were talking with enthusiasm about the prospect of
this country receiving a mandate for Palestine. Such an appeal, if made to us, it
might be impossible to resist ; but I viewed myself with no small apprehension the
future that it opened up and the responsibility which it might entail. If I held these
views about Palestine, much more was I disposed to entertain them about
Constantinople. Unattractive as the prospect of an international administration might be,
I would myself prefer to see it set up on the Bosphorus rather than that any European
Power should undertake the task. I did not see why, in the limited territorial area
that might be left to such an administration in the event of the expulsion of the Turks,
and of the restricted functions 'which it would be called upon to perform, an
international body or commission might not be charged with the task. There
could hardly be any misgovernment because there would be so little to govern. Lhe
questions concerned would be mainly those of commerce and navigation, and with the
disappearance of the Turk the greater part of the opportunity for intrigue would
disappear also.
These, in brief, were the views which my study of the question had led me to form,
hut I repeated in conclusion that they were only those of a student and traveller and
carried no official authority. The Ambassador appeared to attach greater importance
to my utterances than I was disposed to do myself, and said that they accorded in the
main with the opinions he had himself formed.
I am, &c.
CURZON OF KEDLESTON.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First World War. Matters such as the Greek occupation of Smyrna, the division of Thrace, the Greco-Turkish War, Georgian independence, and the Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne are all discussed.
Other matters covered by the file include those concerning the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire, American advisers in Persia, and the future of Palestine, including a report by the Committee on Palestine (Colonial Office) dated 27 July 1923 (folios 168-171).
Correspondence within the file is mostly between Curzon and representatives of the other Allied Powers, as well as officials from other governmental departments and diplomatic offices.
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- 1 file (174 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 174; 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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- Mss Eur F112/278
- Title
- Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
- Pages
- 2r:12v, 15r:48v, 54r:93v, 95r:105v, 118r:145r, 147v:153r, 154v, 156r:161v, 163r:173v, back, 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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