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Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East [32r] (63/348)
The record is made up of 1 file (174 folios). It was created in 16 Nov 1917-17 Jan 1924. It was written in English and French. 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 21st August General Milne replied that a force of one Indian brigade, one
British battalion, and an Indian machine-gun company might be earmarked for this
purpose. He was, however, adverse from employing white troops, but it would be
possible to arrange that armoured cars and aeroplanes should be left.
About this time a request was received from the Armenian National Delegation
that their national forces in the Erivan Bepublic should be furnished with arms and
equipment by His Majesty’s Government. I recommended this proposal to the War
Office, but it was rejected on the ground that such action would aggravate an already
dangerous situation.
On the 31st August I received a visit from Colonel Rawlinson, who stated that he
had been sent by General Milne to lay the full facts before His Majesty’s Government.
He represented that the Moslem neighbours of the Armenian Itepublic were only
waiting for the moment when the last of our troops should have left to invade that
State and exterminate the entire Christian population, and that the Armenians were
not in a position to offer any resistance. Colonel Tiawlinson expressed the opinion that
it was our moral duty not to abandon them to their fate, an opinion which, he stated,
was shared by General Milne and the troops under his command.
On the same date I received your telegram No. 1309, in the third paragraph of
which you stated that at a meeting of the Supreme Council a telegram from Colonel
Haskell had been read to the effect that it was absolutely necessary to send troops to
Armenia in place of the British force in order to save the population from destruction,
and that M. Clemenceau had announced that for this object his Government was ready
to send 12,000 French troops which, it subsequently transpired, would be landed at
Alexandretta and Mersina.
I am, &c.
CUBZON OF KEDLESTON.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First World War. Matters such as the Greek occupation of Smyrna, the division of Thrace, the Greco-Turkish War, Georgian independence, and the Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne are all discussed.
Other matters covered by the file include those concerning the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire, American advisers in Persia, and the future of Palestine, including a report by the Committee on Palestine (Colonial Office) dated 27 July 1923 (folios 168-171).
Correspondence within the file is mostly between Curzon and representatives of the other Allied Powers, as well as officials from other governmental departments and diplomatic offices.
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- 1 file (174 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in 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 174; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F112/278
- Title
- Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
- Pages
- 2r:12v, 15r:48v, 54r:93v, 95r:105v, 118r:145r, 147v:153r, 154v, 156r:161v, 163r:173v, back, 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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