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Miscellaneous papers on the Near and Middle East [24r] (47/70)
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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Memorandum araplifying Parae. 4 li 5 of General Staff Memorandum
' m T1iq iillitfiry aspect of the Turkish Peace Settlement' 1
circulated to the Cabinet by the Secretary of State for ».ar on the
24th December 1919.
1. Owing to the i .potence and unrepresentative character of the
Turkish Government it is obvious that the mere acceptance by it of
peace terms will carry little weight in itself, except in the unlikely
contingency that the terms will be acceptable to the Nationalist -party.
2. i'his means that there must be ve :*y close consideration of the
t
relation between the actual decision which it may bo desired to
enforce and the means o! securing their effective execution.
Rejilization of the geographical features of the problem from the
point of view of time and space is thus involved.
3. It will then bo apparent that a declaration of intention, except
with reference to areas immediately accessible such as Jhrace, Con
stantino ole. bmyrna or Batouia. may hare the worst uossibio result
4. Therefore, though main decisions may, and doubtless will, be
arrived at quickly, the sensation of a general and premature
announcement is to be avoided. por it is clear that before any
nouncement is made the decisions should be conveyed to those
principally responsible for their enforcement. These will be:-
(a) British and /JLliod Military Commanders, including French,
Greeks and Itali ana.
(b) i2mbyro Ctates such as Arab, Armenian, Azorbai jan, Georgian,
and possibly the Kurdish, who will all have their own
political and defensive arrangements to make
(o) Also^raua? be given for the Government of India and the
Administrations of Mesopotamia and ngypt to take such
steps as may be necessary to counter the repercussion
which is to bo expected in those countries in case of
disapproval of the Turkish peace terms.
5. In fact the Turks should be told last of all, and for them the
word and the deed should bo simultaneous. The most satisfactory
principle will be for the Military Commanders concerned to he left
to time whatever announcement may he necessary at their ovm
discretion in accordance with military arriurigements regarding
the i r
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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