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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [124r] (252/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 1908-1911. 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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[This Documen t is the Pro perty of His Britannic Majesty’s G overnment.]
s? ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[42411]
Foreign Office to the Euxine and Marmora British Development Syndicate.
Gentlemen, / Foreign Office, November 29, 1909.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 18th instant respecting a concession for the construction
of the Samsoun to Sivas Railway, and to state that the matter will receive consideration.
With regard to the statement that you are still a’waiting the decision of the
Secretary of State as to whether His Majesty’s Government will support you in applying
for this concession, I am to point out that in a conversation between Mr. Mallet and
Mr. Clifford Beckett, the representative of your syndicate, on the 27th ultimo, that
gentleman was informed that this application could not be supported so long as the
Russian preferential rights for railway construction in Northern Asia Minor existed,
but that if co-operation could be arranged between your syndicate and the Russian and
French groups, and if the Russian Government decided to support such a combination,
then His Majesty’s Government might be disposed to give you official assistance m tms
undertaking.
I am, &c.
LOUIS MALLET.
[November 29.J
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Section 4.
No. 1 ,
[2489 /—4]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia.
Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir and along the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to compete with the Baghdad Railway. The company was designated 'The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli - Homs Railway and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company'.
Correspondence also discusses the different consortia bidding for oil concessions in Mesopotamia and the relative significance of French, Russian and German involvement. Included in the volume is a letter (folios 49 - 153) from William Knox D'Arcy giving a 'List of Turkish concessions connected with oil now being sought'.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and the Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3047 (Railways: Asiatic Turkey) consists of 1 volume,
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Title
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 69r:138v, 140r:148v, 154r:157v, 159r:170v, 175r:181v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence