ملف ١٩٠٤/٢٧٦٤ الجزء ٣ "سكة حديد بغداد: مفاوضات عامة ١٩١٠-١٩١٢." [و‎‎١‎٠‎٩] (٥٤٤/٢٢٦)

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Sir G. Buchanan to Sir Edward Grey .-{Received January 22 , WSO p.m.)
YOUR despatch No. 1 !L ' Petersburgh, January 22,1911, 8T0 p.m.
AndSofiS had not lye* received Russian
to him what you had said conversation with you, and I therefore repeated
satisfactory 811 ™ 11068 With t0 the 4 P er oent - customs increase were quite
Russians mineral policj^and codfnot thereC * f &t c P lestio11 wWch concerned
the two Governments eref ° re f ° rm the s,lb J ect of discussion between
ridiculXtht’ideroFthe 8 Khanikin^Te^aTr ^ ^ la ^ guage 011 the other points. He
Turkish troops, and saidwas cbTe th ? ° f
prevent it if danger really threatened. " * Caucasus and could always
desp^hTo rd y! l ycret tral I Z rar h LTtLr P T e t d argume “ ts sported in my
contemplates ceding enttel/ i ^Z y W S —c^Tof^CSn^l
so as to reX^rpl^rTe^kT ^ tw °me^G“
Ambassador had submitted a new text of that article hut thnTu Vr 6 ^ e ? mau
LTerpreted”o dlffe?fntwlys CePtillg ^ ‘ eXt whieh ’ C0 " Id > Iika ‘hat'of arfclel, be
held to me on my arrival here. ^ gua ge wnicii tie
He then gave me to understand that Russia had been forced to consent to
the^ceL^oi^thrTer^^Kb 0 th ? Bagdad Mway in order to avert the danger of
concession ol the Tehian-Khamkm branch ever falling into her hands acd tn
secure an engagement from her not to encourage the construction of any line between
ne agdad Railway and the Russian and Persian frontier to the north of Khanikin
He now seems about to surrender all that he was supposed to have won at Potsdam* h
and nnless he has receded some quid pro quo of which we are ignorant, he will 00^0
out of these negotiations almost empty-handed.