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The IS/ghi host. A. Chamberlain,
UP., Lord Privy Seal.
Slie Right Han. The viscount
jsirkenhead, herd Chancellor.
!'he Hi ght iiori, Sir hobert Kovae,
i,h.JS. K.C.,M.F., Chancellor of
he llstchequer.
%he Right l-on, IS.. Ghorti, it*.C
S.A., Secretary of state for
home Affairs.
the rest Hon. The barquese Curgon
of Kedleaton, s.*C ,G.C**?. x* ,h *G.2 ,J£.,
ecretary of "tata for foreign
affaire.
The Bight Hon.
Churchill,
l - , secretary of state for
the uoloniee.
the Hi ght Hon. The Viscount Peel,
h$U3., Secretary of Stute for
Indi a.
She Bight Hen. Sir L. Worthington­
svans, Bart. , 0 , B , B . S e c r e t a r y
of state for ffisr.
The Hi ght ' on. The lord Lee of
"arehara, S,B.iS.,,iC.G-*B,, First Lord
of the AdiaSralty,
The Eight Hon. Sir A. Griffith­
Besc&weii, li.*Pv* Sinister of
Agriculture and Fisheries!,
the Eight h e n . T.J. K&onamara, M . i .
minister of Labour.
the
M,P.,
[The Hi ght Hon. $Jr Jiamar Greenwood,
art,, A . . " 4 , p . , Chief Secretary
[for Ireland.
She Right H e n . The Barl of
Crawford and Balcarrae, K..S,,
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"--,S.,A,S.o. ,S,P*, Secretary of
iate for Air,
Mr Chief Marshal Sir Hugh *!'renehard,
Part. ,K.,C.B, ,i5.C,o,, Chief of the
Pir Staff,
gjst Hon. -H. Ilynre-, K.C.,
Secretary for Scotland.
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Sir Sdward Grlgg, If.O*:?.0.,C,1.G,
'Jeut. Sol, sir r.P.A, Sarj-key, G,C.B, ..*...,..........,..*. Secretary.
pi cut. Sol. Sir John Chancellor, S.C.M.G.,S.S.O,,
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Chiefs of staff acw
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2 9 t h September, 198E at 12*30 a.ta*)
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at
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t f e a t %aeral Hariagtoa was iateasely
pre-eeeapiod with the political situation,
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lie- was gflviag suffieieat atteatioa
to t h e military sitaatloa.
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h e e i i aseetwA t r m G e n e r a l H a r i a g t o a ia
r e g a r d t o t h e p e r e r n j p t o r ^ orders i s s u e d
o a t h o advise o f t h e Chiefs of Staff of ­
t h e three Services the previous after­
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neutral tones.
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dealt
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discussions
referred
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a d e c i s i o n t a k e n by a C o n f e r e n c e o f M i n i s t e r s ,
to
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the sane evening,
t o the following effect
$*
S h a t the M m i r a l t y s h o u l d i n f e r s the
$ a v a l .So^asadegvin-Onief i a the Mediterranean
t o t h e effect t h a t i f S S i S t s ^ h a Vernal e o a - - "'"
p l i e d w i t h t h e dSKsaad i n $as? O f f i c e telegram
& o . . 9 2 S 5 5 * a n d t h e Starfctefe f o r c e s $round
C h a n a k i r e r s wltfedrssrat from t h o n e u t r a l
s o n s , t h e p r o h i b i t i o n o n the i s e v e r a e a i s of
Creek t r a n s p o r t s and warships I n t o the '3es
of % m s m s h o u l d h o £Maintained; h u t t h a t '
i f e n t h e e o n t r a r y , ifee f a y & i s S i t r o o p s were
n o t w i H i d r s s s i , th,sn t h e p r o h i b i t i o n should
1)0 l i f t e d a n d % s C r e e i t r a n s p o r t s s a d
warahi^s should be allowed t o enter the
S e a m M a r m a r a , . t h e ' $ r e e f e a u t h o r i t i e s ''.bein.:­
i n f crises *
S r e o l s f l e e t s h o u l d m aay
ovent not be expelled f r o m the Sea of V
i&£rs3ara*
k;
Ste Cabinet tools n o t e o f the above decisions - ' ­
*
hllS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT)
D&iP&F" CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting held at 10, Downing Street on
Saturday, September 30th. 1922, at 7.45 .p m.
RFP.RFT
D L U 1 IL. I
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PRESENTThe Prime Kinister
(In the Chair)
The Rt.Hon. A. Chamberlain,
M Po, Lord Privy Seal.
0
The Rt.Hon. The Viscount Birkenhead
Lord Chancellor.
The Rt.Hon. The Lord Lee of Fareham
G.B.E. ,K.C.3., First -lord of the Admiralty.
Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty,
G.'fl.3.,0.M.,G.C.V.O. ,D.S.O, ,
First Sea Lord & Chief of the Naval Staff.
Lieut-Col. Sir II.P.A. Hankey, G.C.B.
Secretary, Cabinet.
EEK WARPS IN THE
IITS.
1.
As a matter of urgency the First uord of the Admiralty
said that the Admiralty had just received.a telegram-from
the Naval Commender- in -Chief (despatched at 9.37 a.m. and
received at 4.40 p.m) to the effect that he was still
stopping Greek men-of-war - and transports from entering the
Sea of Marmora.
The Admiralty wished ^o make sure that in this the
action of the Naval Commender-in-Chief was in accord with
the Cabinet s wishes.
1
Foreign Office telegram No.442 to Sir Horace Rumbold
sent at 10,45 p.m
on this point.
e
on September 28th. was somewhat obscure
It was to the following effect :-
That Sir Horace Rumbold was to make an intimation
to the Angora representative at Constantinople that in
accordance with the spirit of the Paris Agreement we had
hitherto prevented, aid were still preventing, the entry of
Creek....
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Greek transports and men-of-war into the Marmora and
Dardanelles.
If, however, Mustapha Kemal did not withdraw
from the neutral zone, the jixst if i6at ion for this prohibition
would no longer exist, and it would be withdrawn,
She Minutes of September 28th., 11 a^nu , Conference of
Ministers, Page. 8, also did not help to clear up.the sit­
uation, and appeared to require correction by the insertion
of the word "not".
The Secretary drew attention to
Conclusion (c) of the Meeting of the Conference of Ministers
on September 28th. at 7 p.ia. which prescribed the action
to be taken by the Foreign Office and was, in fact, in
accord with Foreign Office telegram Ho,442*
The Prime Minister then read this conclusion.
On the suggestion of the Prime Minister the Conference
agreed :­
(a) That the Admiralty should inform the ilaval
Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean to
the effect that if Mustapha Kemal...complied
, - with the demand in Y7ar Office telegram
Ho,91255, and the Turkish forces around
Chanak were withdrawn from the neutral zone,
the prohibition on the movements of Greek
transports and warships into the Sea of
Marmora should be maintained; but that'if
on the contrary the Turkish troops were not
withdrawn, then the prohibition should be
lifted and the Greek-transports and. warships
should be allowed to enter the Sea of
Marmora, the Greek authorities being informed.
The Greek fleet should in any event not be
expelled from the Sea of Marmora.
fb) That the Secretary should examine the Minutes
of the "meeting on September 28th at 11.0 a.m*
page 8, and make the necessary corrections.
N
Whitehall Gardens, SM7 1.
0
50th September, 1922.