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Miscellaneous papers on the Near and Middle East [‎30v] (60/70)

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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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had had no result, come to His Majesty’s Government and have with them a full, frank,
and friendly conversation on the whole situation as to the future relation of our two
countries. In so far as it rested with me I should at any time be pleased to embark
on such a conversation, and 1 thought that the Persian Envoy would find in me as warm
a friend of his country and as staunch a supporter of Persian independence as any
Minister of a foreign nation whom he was likely to meet. But I could not do this
except under the conditions that I had named, and until the situation in Paris was
cleared up.
The Persian Minister thanked me warmly for the candour with which I had
expressed myself to him j stated that he had all along held the view that the only
solution of the troubles of his country was by a firm and clear understanding between
our two Governments, and added that he would communicate to Mushaver-ul-Mamalek
in Paris what had passed between us.
I have, &c.
CURZON OF KEDLESTON.

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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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