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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎240r] (478/501)

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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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section that has -ry special claims upon us, viz some
twenty thousand "Assyrians”, who were expelled from
their homes during the war as a consequence of taking
the allied side and have been living in Iraq ever
since. The Archbishop of Canterbury takes a special
interest in these people. Arrangements were made last
year with an infinity of trouble, for establishing the
Assyrians on a self-supporting basis in the neighbour
hood of Amadiah. Large numbers of them serve in the
Iraq levies, where they are doing very well. They
certainly will not stay behind and trust themselves to
the tender mercies of the Turk.
The point that it is desired to make is not only
that an immediate decision is necessary with regard to
Mosul, but that this decision really involves the
question of maintaining our position in Iraq as a
whole. Our policy in Iraq has been severely
criticised in many quarters. It is of course arguable
that we had better never have gone there, and that
having gone there we should seize the first opportunity
of getting away. But - even if that argument is
accepted - the opportunity must at least be one that
enables us to leave with some degree of credit and
dignity. To ifceave now, at the dictation of the
victorious Kemalists, a few weeks after parading before
the world (in the form of our Treaty with Feisal) our
determination to stay, would be an act of pusillanimit}
quite alien to British .traditions. It would reduce
our prestige in the East beyond vanishing point and
would delight our enemies and humiliate our friends
all over the world. It is a lesser consideration,
but still one of force, that we should sacrifice
all prospect of securing
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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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