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File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait' [97r] (198/674)
The record is made up of 1 volume (333 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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From Viceroy, 29th March 1912.
Private. Your private telegram of 20th instant. Any settlement whieli
mLh to C brSed P ° or; f f T Yf “ the Gulf Wl11 - oS We
K?®' a; be cles i led - 0llr refusal to recognise locus standi of Turkey in
milita^ cost^at F^RiT 46 ^ 116 6 “ rclse of ? n y jurisdiction and the small
tary post at VI Bidaa have been practically prisoners. Our specific
recognition of their suzerainty in Katr will enable Turks to consolidate their
position both on the coast and m the hinterland from the limits of Koweit
down to Odeid It will give them for the first time foothold in Gulf
with many potential possibilities and will open up question of joint
intervention wrth us in Gulf affairs. I do not se P e how this can be
econciled with our interests whether it be m suppression of arms traffic,
protection of peaceful fisheries or the combined exercise of maritime
supervision. Nothing but serious prejudice to our interests in the Gulf
seems likely to result from such a development. The memorandum of 29th
July represents irnducible minimum to our pledge, and I can find nothino-
which we can surrender with safety. ^
If it is merely a dislike to the withdrawal of the garrison of El Bidaa,
which foims present obstacle in discussion, it might perhaps be possible to
safeguard Turkish armour propre by allowing present nominal garrison to
stay, there on condition that no Turkish jurisdiction is exercised in 'Katr
outside El Bidaa, and that we are allowed to suppress arms traffic there.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912.
The correspondence concerns three broad topics:
- Anglo-Turkish negotiations
- proposals of the Turkish Government
- the status of Kuwait.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for these international negotiations.
Further discussion surrounds the Draft Report of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ,and John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (333 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Baghdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 335; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/59
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:305v, 307r:310v, 312r:334v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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