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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎125r] (247/501)

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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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the question of the frontiers was not brought up. The
general result of this discussion was that the question'
of the mandates as between the three Pov/ers was to be
regarded as open, but not to be raised by or with the
Turks, and that if it were raised by the Turks the Allied
reply must be "that the matter is outside the scope of
the Lausanne Conference".
3. The legal position with regard to the mandates
and the frontiers is as follows
The mandatory system was established by Article E2
of the Covenant of the League of nations originally signed
and ratified among others by France, Great Britain and
Italy as that Article in the Treaty of Versailles. This
Article runs as follows
"To those colonies and territories which as
a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the
sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them
and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand
by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern
world, there should be applied the principle that the
well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred
trust of civilisation and that the securities for the
performance of this trust should be embodied in this
Covenant.
"The best method of giving practical effect
to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples
should be entrusted to advanced nations who by reason of
their resources, their experience or their geographical
position can best undertake this responsibility, and who
are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should
be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the
League.

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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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