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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎193r] (383/501)

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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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themselves or give it to some one else to develop or to
the same Company as a new concession. At the same time
ib was realised at home that in effect the concession to
t-iio -l iix_uis.ii Pc oleum Company did in effect cover all the
oilfields in Irag. and was monopolistic. Technically a
clause in ohe mandate against the grant of any mononolistic
concession tfould have been held not to affect the valida
tion by the Iraq Government of a legitimate pre-war
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concession' s^ blia o^the Turkish Petroleum Company was held
liajes oy 1 s '-rovernment to bej in accordance with the
terms of the treaty with Turkey. However, it would probably
have created a bad effect to have accepted the no-monopoly
clause in the mandate and then to have let the oilfields
be monopolised by the Turkish^ Company.
In these circumstances it Y/as decided not to
ask the Council of the League to define the terms of
the draft mandate for Iraq, but to continue to proceed on
the basis, publicly adopted in our notes with the United
States Government that the Turkish Petroleum Company
had a valid pre-war concession in Iraq which His Majesty's
Goverrment v/ere bound to uphold.
At the same time it was thought that it should
be possible to persuade the United States Government to
withdraw their opposition (a) to the draft Iraq mandate in
its published form (i.e. without the no-monopoly clause)
and (b) to the Turkish Petroleum' Company 1 s concession if
American oil interests were brought into the Company. Hx
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On the outbreak of the Y/ar, the shares of the
Turkish Petroleum Company were roughly, 50 per cent Anglo-
Persian Company; 25 per cent Deutsche Bank; and 25$
Anglo-Saxon (a branch of the Royal Dutch Shell). The
sequestrated

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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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