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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎231r] (460/501)

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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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THE SHQNTlaiH BSTWEBH TURKISH TJERRITORY AKD
THE TERRITORY OE IRAK,
THE EARL GE BALFOUR: k. le President, the occasion of
tias discussion, if a discussion is necessary, arises out of a
letter which Lord Curzon has sent on Behalf of the British Gov-
-ernment to the Secretary General of the League. As indicated
in that letter, the difficulty which we have to face arises out of
a differ^™* of oninion which has declared itself at Lausanne in
territory of Irak.
respect
As everybody knows, this is only one of several difficulties,
apparently insoluble, or at all events difficult of solution,
with which the Conference at Lausanne has got to deal. I need
hardly say I do not mean to go into the general question, nor do
£ mean to go-inte-the discuss the merits of the one difficulty
which it is my business to bring to the attention of my collea-
That difficulty arises out of a dispute with regard to
the frontiers, as I have already said, of the mandated territory
of Irak. That is a matter which deeply concerns the -ueague,
partly because the territory is mandated and is therefore under
the ultimate supervision and control of the League, and because
the British Government are only acting on benaif of the League
in their relation to that territory. But there is another in-
-terest greater and even more closely connected with the pur*
-poses for which the League was brought into being, - I refer
to the interests of peace.
I need hardly say that those interests are very close to
the heart of all who are concerned in these negotiations, and
not least to Lord Curzon, who is in especial charge of this par-
-ticular branch of the controversy. If there is a disputed
frontier, there is always a danger of war, there is always a
cause for anxiety, there is always an occasion wnica may alti-

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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'
Pages
1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
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