ملف ١٩١٦/٣٥٧٩ "تركيا: مستقبل القسطنطينية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (٥٣٠/٢٤٠)

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advantage of civilisation iu general and thev S tlnv^ 8t p" 1 * ‘• Self and to the
full assurances that the possession of Tow r ^ T 6 ^ j ^ ussian Grovernment
from the Black Sea to the Medi?!, 0 and the u “™Peded road
her hostility and bad faith, would rightlT fail'^o C B T ’ ,rke y '' ould lose through
ments of France Bussia and r^!t r f to Eussla - The three Govern-
early part of 1915 the following agreements 11 w 3 !? 0 ? 1 ! 11111 ^ 7 - COncluded in
after the war Con S tanti 0 nopTrfnd ag t'S n strai’ts'IhaB b ^ “ reoo K nised
dominions. 1 0 btraits sha11 b e added to the Russian
Enclosure No. 2.
Telegram P., No. 954.-C., dated the 3rd December 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Forei™ »„d P i-.- ,
Department, Delhi, oreign and Political
To All Local Governments.
Secretary of State has approved course indicated in paraoranh q nf
very confidential demi-official letter 209-D. of November Sith^ Cm* u my
been instructed to act accordingly. ember 24th. Censors have
. . Sfce P s should ^ow be taken to prepare Moslem opinion in man™*, indw ri
m last paragraph of my letter. Apparently papers will not be published but
statement was to have been made in Duma on 2nd and will probablv he m d
nex V Week ' In * be8e statements emphasis vvO^belaid ou'the
fact that after outbreak of war with Germany, Allies promised Turkey her
integrity it she remained neutral and by her unprovoked entry into war she
eiself is, therefore, responsible for loss of Constantinople. This is necessary
provoked wir? ‘ ^ “ WaS iQ order to S et Constantinople that Bussia
Enclosure No. 3.
D.-o., No. 1539-C., dated Lucknow, the 5th December 1916 (Very secret).
From The Hon’ble Mr. R Born Chief Secretary to the Government of the
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh,
Td-The Hon’ble Mr A H. Grunt, C.S.I., C.I.B., Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.
v r ? f ? r ® n ® e 1 ^ correspondence ending with your Secret demi-official*
No. 9o4-C., dated 3rd December 1916, I am desired to enclose, for the inform
ation ot the Government of India, a copy of a letter which is being issued at
once to Commissioners regarding the Anglo-Dussian agreement. It is under
stood that the Government of India wish selected officers to begin preparing
people s mind, and the copy is sent to you in case this Government has
misunderstood the wishes of the Government of India on that subject.
(Fery Secret.)
Copy of a demi-official from the Hon’ble Mr. R. Burn, Chief Secretary to the Government of
the United Provinces, to all Commissioners of Divisions, No. 1535-C., dated the 5th
December 1916.
I am desired to inform you that His Majesty’s Government propose to
make a statement in Parliament very shortly regarding an agreement
concluded between the British and Russian Governments in respect of the
otraits and Constantinople. A statement on this subject was expected in the
Itussian Duma on December 2nd, and the matter will probably be referred to
m Parliament this week. The agreement was concluded in March 1915.