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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎233r] (464/501)

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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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in its train? Tha British GoT«rm&ent Bars given great and
anxious thought to this/due at ion and they tank that %t* proper
course to pursue under the eireuastances, and tie only course to
pursue, would he to invoke Article 11 of the Covenant»to su^^ton,
ao that Article directs, s sreoial Meeting of the Council, and
to take any action that might be deemed wise and effectual to
safeguard the peace of nations* That beir*£ their view, I here •
•by formally state that that is their intention, that that is
the policy they mean to pursue. It is a hypithetical remedy for
a danger which might not occur, and which most earnestly I hone
will not occur* At the same tiase, it is a danger that may
have to be faced and that is the method by which the British
Government, tth the co-operation of t*?e League, and through the
instrumentality of tha League, hope that t e nations of the
world will presorve, the peace of the world*
I do not know that I need say more to sxplain the position
of my Government, oxcert that I want it to bo oloarly understood
tnat it is only if tie eace of tie world is tfcr*atoned la eon-
•sequence of what happens at ^ausanne, or of what may follow
upon what happens at Lausann* - it is only if t e peace of the
world is threatened that nay Government proposes to take these
special precsutions,te adopt this particular policy wideh I have
laid before you* If there is ne threat of war, if thoro is
no attempt to invade Irak, if there is no threat of turbulence
of troops on the frontier, if in other words peace is not threat-
-ensd, l need hardly say that nobody will rojoiee »iore than the
Icht
British Government , and it will not be neesesar to tHO steps
which otherwise we proposed to adept. One more observation,
end only ons, is it neesssary, 1 t ink, to make on the present
occasion* A rumour has been epread abroad in some euartere,
not I tank in wall informed quarters, not 1 think in any part
of Western Europe, but a rumour has been spread in certain circles

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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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