'Memorandum on Turco-German Relations Over the Caucasus.'

Title:

'Memorandum on Turco-German Relations Over the Caucasus.'

Creator:

Author: Foreign Office, Political Intelligence Department

Date:

1918/1918

Description:

Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Foreign affairs
Independence
Atrocities
Director of Military Intelligence

Geographic region:

Trans-Caucasia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000184_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000184_en
IOR/L/PS/18/C191
IOR/L/PS/18/C191

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