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IOR/L/PS/18/C191
- Record Id:
- 040-000563852
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000184
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026566724.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C191
- Title:
- Memorandum on Turco-German Relations Over the Caucasus.
- Scope & Content:
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This file consists of a single memorandum, produced by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum provides, in great detail, a British perspective on Turco-German relations between March and October 1918, regarding their respective interests in the recently dissolved Russian Empire in the Caucasus. It is divided into sections as follows:
- 1. the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk;
- 2. the negotiations at Trebizond [Trabzon];
- 3. protests to Germany against Turkish atrocities;
- 4. the negotiations at Batum [Batumi, Georgia];
- 5. the Georgian mission to Berlin;
- 6. the German press campaign against Turkish policy in the Caucasus;
- 7. the Turkish treaties of Batum and German intervention in Georgia;
- 8. the (abortive) conference at Constantinople [Istanbul];
- 9. Turkish and German intrigues with the three nationalities (referred to in the memorandum as the Armenian Republic of Erivan [Yerevan], the Republic of Georgia, and the Tatar Republic of Azerbaijan);
- 10. the frustration of Turkish policy by Germany.
The memorandum opines that Turkey's [the Ottoman Empire's] aim of dominating Trans-Caucasia [Transcausasia] has been frustrated by German intervention; Germany's gains, according to the Foreign Office, are largely illusory, and come at the price of a feud with Turkey.
An addendum to the memorandum quotes from a note from the Director of Military Intelligence [William Thwaites], dated 3 October 1918, which suggests that the Turks have latterly been gaining the upper hand in the Caucasus over the Germans.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563852 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C191 : Memorandum on Turco-German Relations Over the Caucasus. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0211]/040-000563852
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000184
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 4 Oct 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 166, and terminates at f 171, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- This file consists of a single memorandum.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)