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Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East [93v] (186/348)
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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Art. 231.
Art. 239.
Art. 262.
Art. 317..
Art. 65 and ff.
Art. 84.
Treaty
between Allies
and Greece.
Arts. 14
and 15.
Art. 231.
Financial Commission .
(i.) Honorary president to be Turkish. •
(ii.) Turkish delegate to have vote on all internal questions and consultative
voice in questions specially affecting Allies. .
(iii.) Parliament to have right to modify budget; but if such modifications
disturb financial equilibrium, budget must be submitted to commission again.
Concessions.
Turkish Government to be free to grant concessions, but Minister of Finance
first to decide with Financial Commission as to desirability of such concessions.
Foreign Post Offices.
Possibility of suppression.
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“ Nationals."
Definition of term might be modified.
Annex II.
Proposals made by me at Pans in Jane 1921.
Smyrna.
Lord Curzon proposed and M. Briand agreed to :
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1 . An autonomous province under Turkish sovereignty.
2. A Christian Governor.
3 . A mixed gendarmerie under Allied officers.
4. Withdrawal of Greek troops as soon as the gendarmerie was in working order.
Thrace.
Lord Curzon proposed :
1 . Enforcement of minority provisions about Adrianople and the Moslem
population.
2. Demilitarisation of an area north-west of the Chatalja lines.
In reply, M. Briand proposed an international Thrace under international
gendarmerie Lord Curzon was unable to accept this. M. Briand then proposed to
revert to the commission of enquiry, but the question of Thrace was reserved.
M. Briand was not prepared, in any circumstances, to recognise King
Constantine.
Financial Com m ission.
It was agreed that a means of control might be found which, while effective,
would not offend the Turks.
Tripartite Agreement.
Lord Curzon suggested the possibility of modifying or abolishing the agreement.
M. Briand concurred that French and Italian rights might be secured by a formula
less offensive to Turkev, and it was agreed that a self-denying arrangement between
Great Britain and France might satisfy Italy. M. Briand hinted at British
concessions in Mesopotamia.
Lord Curzon insisted that the protection of minorities must not be allowed to
lapse. . . .
The Italian Ambassador made reservations on all points, and especially as to the
Tripartite Agreement.
Greece refused the Allied offer of mediation. No proposals on the above lines
were therefore ever made to her or to Turkey.
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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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- Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
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- 2r:12v, 15r:48v, 54r:93v, 95r:105v, 118r:145r, 147v:153r, 154v, 156r:161v, 163r:173v, back, back-i
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