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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎24r] (47/501)

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The record is made up of 251 folios (1 file). It was created in 15 Nov 1922-3 Nov 1923. 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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Note on Lord Curzon's telegram Mo.80 of the Rth December IQ??
The views^of the Department on the general question
of Mosul were/out in the memorandum for the Cabinet
(C.P.4303) of which a copy is annexed. The situation tnat
has always been apprehended has now actually arisen. The
Turks nave offered us a settlement on all other points
provided Mosul is ratored to them. It would be easier
to see our way if we could be sure how far this is a genuine
offer on the part of the Turks, or how far it has merely been
suggested to them by some unscrupulous adviser as a skilful
method of putting Great Britain in the wrong. There are many
people who would be interested in giving such advice with such
an object. It must be obvious to everyone that His Majesty's
Government cannot afford to let the Lausanne Conference break
down over Mosul alone*
The Department remains of opinion that the surrender of
the Mosul vilayet would mean the collapse of the whole structure
tnat we have set up in Iraq. The arguments in support of this
proposition are stated in the Cabinet paper and need not be
repeated here. The compromise suggested by Lord Curzon would
cut oif the Kurdish hill-country on the North and East of the
vilayet, but would leave to Baghdad the foothills containing
the Turkish speaking towns of Erbil, Kirkuk and Kifri. In
practice it would be impossible to maintain such an arrangement
for any length of time. A£H>er surrendering the Kurdish area
to which the Turks have no special ri^ts. we could not in
definitely resist their pretensions to the "Turkish" towns to
which their claim on ethnical grounds is very much stronger.
It is highly improbable in any case that the Tdrks would accept
• an arrangement giving them the Kurdish areas, which they do not
want, but denying them possession of Kirkuk, which has always
been

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Letters and papers on the frontier between Iraq (also written as Irak in the file) and Turkey, with particular reference to Mosul and questions concerning oil. The file consists mainly of correspondence between Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Curzon, and officials in the Foreign Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Office and Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. The contents of the file are as follows:

Following documents are undated:

  • Lord Balfour to League of Nations. Speech: The frontier between Turkish territory and the territory of Iraq
  • The President of the League of Nations. Reply: after Speech by Balfour
  • Typewritten report: The question of Mosul
  • Typewritten report: The Question of Mosul

The file also includes handwritten notes by Curzon on the Mosul vilayet and groups residing there.

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251 folios (1 file)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 251; 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 F112/294
Title
'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
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1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
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