Official: Admiralty: Report of the Committee on Asiatic Turkey, Jun 1914-Jul 1915

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/7/4

Scope and Contents

Comprising a "secret" printed report of a committee that met to "consider the nature of British desiderata in Turkey in Asia in the event on a successful conclusion of the war". Includes coloured maps of schemes of annexation, zones of interest, Ottoman independence, and an Ottoman devolutionary scheme. Also contains a printed "Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf and Arabia" with coloured lines marking various boundaries (produced by the Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, June 1914).

The report was printed at the Foreign Office (8 Jul 1915).

Dates

Creation: Jun 1914-Jul 1915

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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