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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎25r] (49/501)

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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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been the main centre of "Turkiem" in Iraq. If they did accept
it. it would merely be as a first step towards the acquisition
of the "Turkish" towns, from which they would realise that we
could not permanently exclude them. Once in occupation of the
"Turkish" area, they would have cut our line of communications
between Mosul and Bagdad. It is true that the railway north
of Baghdad takes at present the line of the Tigris. But this
line was adopted for purely strategic reasons; everybody is
agreed that the proper alignment for economic and other purposes
run^ through Kifri, Kirkuk, Altun Keupri and Erbil. A line
running as far as Kifri is actually in existence. With these
places in Turkish hands the position of the Arab state at Mosul
would be absolutely untenable,
nven supposing that the suggested frontier could be main
tained and that our true line of conmunications could be pre
served. it would still be flanked for a distance of some 200
miles by a wild mountainous area, full of truculent tribesmen,
over whom the control of the Turkish Government would, no doubt,
be as ineffective in the future as it has been in the past. f e
should have constant trouble from raids and disturbances on our
border. Precluded, as we should be. from direct intervention,
our only remedy would be through the diplomatic channel at
an tantinople. The inefficacy of that remedy needs no demon-
stration. The position could only be maintained if Kirkuk were
neld in great military strength, at a cost which it would be
futile to ask the British taxpayer to bear.
The upshot is that in tte view of the department the
suggested compromise is no compromise at all . it i nvolves
m effect the surrender of the Mosul vilayet with all the con
sequences which that surrender would entail..
It •111 b. observed from Lord tozon'e that - it
is not i,tended to erclude lUrklsh pertieip^tion in Uosul . u
on

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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
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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