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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎13r] (25/501)

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The record is made up of 251 folios (1 file). It was created in 15 Nov 1922-3 Nov 1923. 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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Mukhtar Bey asked for an interview this morning
to give a provisional answer regarding the points v&Lich
we had raised with him about Iraq, and Oil. The
conversation was not very satisfactory. Without being
precise as to what frontier he wants Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had
instructed Mukhtar Bey to explain that, owing to Article
1 of the National Pact, he cannot accept the present
administrative frontier of Iraq., even in return for a
payment of royalties or of participation in the Turkish
Petroleum Company. Apparently, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. considers
that most if not all of the Kurdish territory to the
North and East of Mosul, and, as far as I could make
out, Mosul itself, should be within the Turkish frontiers,
on the ground that the Kurds prefer to remain inside
Turkey. Mukhtar Bey incidentally spoke of the voice of
20 Kurdish deputies in the Grand National Assembly who
would never allow the Grand National Assembly to yieldI
I explained that I was not authorised to discuss
the question of the frontier, as Lord Curzon had made
it quite clear to Ismet Bisha in his first conversation
that there could be no question of a change of frontier,
but only a question of some arrangement by which Turkey
might benefit by the oil exploitations in Iraq.
Incidentally, I think our use of the word "royalties”
the other day, although we thought that we had made it
quite clear exactly what we meant, may have led Mukhtar,
or at any rate Ismet, to think that we were prepared to
leave some of the oilfields in Turkey. Mukhtar did
indeed speak of the oilfields round Zakho, Lohuk and
Aqra,at one point in our conversation, as distinct from
the

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Letters and papers on the frontier between Iraq (also written as Irak in the file) and Turkey, with particular reference to Mosul and questions concerning oil. The file consists mainly of correspondence between Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Curzon, and officials in the Foreign Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Office and Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. The contents of the file are as follows:

Following documents are undated:

  • Lord Balfour to League of Nations. Speech: The frontier between Turkish territory and the territory of Iraq
  • The President of the League of Nations. Reply: after Speech by Balfour
  • Typewritten report: The question of Mosul
  • Typewritten report: The Question of Mosul

The file also includes handwritten notes by Curzon on the Mosul vilayet and groups residing there.

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251 folios (1 file)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 251; 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 F112/294
Title
'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
Pages
1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
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