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File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy' [234r] (476/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918. It was written in English, French and Italian. 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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\our Excellency,
Sir Edward Grey to Count BenckcndorjJ.
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or a Confederation of Arab States, and to the partition of the territories of Syria,
Cilicia, and Mesopotamia, provided that the co-operation of the Arabs is secured.
His Majesty’s Government take act with satisfaction that your Excellency’s
Government concur in the limits set forth in that arrangement, and I have now the
honour to inform your Excellency that His Majesty’s Government, on their part, in
order to make the arrangement complete, are also prepared to recognise the conditions
formulated by the Russian Government and accepted by the French Government in
the notes exchanged at Petrograd on the 20 th ultimo.
In so far, then, as these arrangements directly affect the relations of Russia and
Great Britain, I have the honour to invite the acquiescence of your Excellency’s
Government in an agreement on the following terms :—
1 . That Russia shall annex the regions of Erzeroum, Trebizond, Van, and Bitlis,
up to a point subsequently to be determined on the littoral of the Black Sea to the
west of Trebizond.
2. That the region of Kurdistan to the south of Van and of Bitlis between Mush,
Sert. the course of the Tigris, Jezireh-ben-Omar, the crest-line of the mountains which
dominate Amadia, and the region of Merga Var, shall he ceded to Russia ; and that
starting from the region of Merga Var, the frontier of the Arab State shall follow the
crest-line of the mountains which at present divide the Ottoman and Persian
Dominions. These boundaries are indicated in a general manner and are subject to
modifications of detail to be proposed later by the Delimitation Commission which
shall meet on the spot. . _ , ^
3. That the Russian Government undertake that, m all parts ot the Ottoman
territories thus ceded to Russia, any concessions accorded to British subjects by the
Ottoman Government shall be maintained. If the Russian Government express the
desire that such concessions should later be modified in order to bring them into
harmony with the laws of the Russian Empire, this modification shall only take place
in agreement with the British Government. # .
4 . That in all parts of the Ottoman territories thus ceded to Russia, existing
British rights of navigation and development, and the rights and privileges of any
British religious, scholastic, or medical institutions shall be maintained. His Majesty s
Government, on their part, undertake that similar Russian rights and privileges shall
be maintained in those regions which, under the conditions of this agreement, become
entirely British, or in which British interests are recognised as predominant.
5. The two Governments admit in principie that every State which annexes any
part of the Ottoman Empire is called upon to participate in the service oi the
Ottoman Debt. j &c>
E. GREY.
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- Content
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following:
- The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali.
- The French Military Mission in the Hedjaz.
- The British desire for French recognition of British predominance in the region.
- The Sykes-Picot Mission.
- The recommendations of HM High Commissioner, Egypt, on future British policy in Arabia.
- The desire of the French government to send the equivalent in gold of 975,000 francs to the King of the Hedjaz.
- The question of a revised agreement between Britain and France regarding Arabia and the Hedjaz.
- The activities of a French agent at Mecca, Mahomet Bin Sasi.
The volume also includes papers relating to the policy to be adopted by Britain towards Italian ‘pretentions’ in Arabia.
The papers mostly consist of: correspondence between the 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. and the Foreign Office, with enclosures including correspondence between the Foreign Office and the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom; copy correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir Reginald Wingate, HM High Commissioner, Egypt, sent to the 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. by the Foreign Office; 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. Minute Papers; and other correspondence and papers. Some of the papers are in French, and there is also a copy of a newspaper cutting in Italian.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (243 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3372 (Pt 1 Arab Revolt, and Pt 2 Arabia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/615-616. The volumes are divided into two parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, and part 2 comprising the second volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 243; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:20v, 24r:26v, 33r:71v, 73r:75v, 79r:102v, 104r:104v, 106r:133v, 137r:200v, 202r:211v, 223r:228v, 231r:231v, 233r:234v, 236r:236v, 237v:243v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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