Miscellaneous papers on the Near and Middle East [7r] (13/70)
The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 2 Feb 1916-18 Aug 1919. 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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on the Map, would he under some 'form
of international control and adminis
tration.
I should add that Monsieur Picot
was requested on Pevruary 4th to in
form his Government that the ac:ep-
tance of the whole project would en
tail the abdication of considerable
British interests, but provided that
the co-operation of the Arabs is secu
red and that the Arabs fulfil the con
ditions and obtain the towns of Homs,
Hama, Damascus and Aleppo, the British
Government would not object to the ar
rangement. He was also informed that
he should acquaint his Government that
as the Blue Area on the Map extends so
far eastwards and affects Russian in
terests it would be absolutely essen
tial that, before anything was cen-
cluded, the consent of Russia should
be obtained. I trust, therefore, that
Monsieur Sazonoff will clearly compre
hend that the proposals to which the
French Government have agreed in prin
ciple are dependent upon the consent
of the Russian Government, and also
upon the co-operation of the Arabs be
ing secured. Moreover, it need hard
ly be said that the proposals as re
gards British and French desiderata
must in addition depend upon the ge
neral arrangements which may be reached
in regard to the Ottoman Empire in
Asia at the conclusion of peace.
Should
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and a map concerning various aspects of the post-First World War settlement of the Near and Middle East. The file covers the discussion around the Sykes-Picot Agreement (also known as the Asia Minor Agreement; see folios 1-3) and the settlement of other Arab territories, the future of Constantinople, the need to protect the Trans-Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) from the Bolshevik advance, the peace settlement with Turkey, and Persian claims at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
Correspondence is between George Curzon and officials at the War Office, Foreign Office, League of Nations, and various political and diplomatic offices in the region concerned. The file also contains some pages of manuscript notes by Curzon himself.
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- 1 file (35 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the front to the back.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 35, 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.
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- Mss Eur F112/279
- Title
- Miscellaneous papers on the Near and Middle East
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 4r:35v
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