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CRET.B r i t i s h , and F re nc h F o r e i g n M i n i s t e r s a nd

I t a l i a n Ambassador i n P a r i s have the honour on

b e h a l f o f t h e i r g o ve r n m e n ts t o i n v i t e M usta ph a

Kemal t o come h im se l f o r th e Grand N a t i o n a l Assembly

o f A n g o ra t o s en d a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e w i t h f u l l p o w er s

t o a m e e t i n g a t V e n i c e o r e l s e w h e r e t o w h i c h w i l l

a l so b e i n v i t e d p l e n i p o t e n t i a r y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f

F r a nc e , G r ea t B r i t a i n , I t a l y , Ja pa n, Y u g o s l a v i a ,

Rouman ia and G ree ce . The m ee t in g w i l l be h e l d

as soon as the n ece ssa ry a r rang em ents can be made

by I t a l i a n gove rnmen t and th e o t h e r gove rnmen t s c on -

c e r n e d . I t s o b j e c t w i l l b e t o n e g o t i a t e and draw

up t h e f i n a l t r e a t y o f p e a c e b e tw e e n t h e a l l i e d

pow ers and Turkey and thu s among o th er t h i n g s to

m e d i a t e a s e t t l e m e n t o f t h e o u t s t a n d i n g p o i n t s i n

d i sput e be tween Greece and Turkey .

T he B r i t i s h , F r e n ch an d I t a l i a n g o ve rn m e n ts

d e s i r e a t t h e sam e t i m e t o t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y o f

r e co rd in g t h a t the y v i e w w i t h sympathy and a r e r eady

t o examine w i th be ne vo l e nc e a t t he c om ing con f e r en ce

the d e s i r e o f t he gove rnmen t o f Angora t o s e cu re the

r e tu rn o f t he g r e a t e r p a r t o f Th race t o " Turkish

s o v e r e i g n t y . T hey h o pe i t w i l l b e fo u nd p o s s i b l e

a f t e r t a k i n g i n t o a c co u n t a t t h e c o n f e r e n c e a l l t h e

v i t a l i n t e r e s t s o f t h e c o u n t r i e s c on c er ne d t o g i v e

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such s a t i s f a c t i o n t o T u rk is h a s p i r a t i o n i n t h i s

d i r e c t i o n a s can be r e c o n c i l e d w i t h t h e p r o v i s i o n

no t on l y o f th ose gu ara nte es f o r the pe rmanent

ma in tenance o f th e fr e edom o f the w a te r s be tween the

B l a ck Sea and th e M ed i t e r r a n ea n wh i ch th e a l l i e d

p ow e rs a r e u n i t e d i n r e g a r d i n g a s i n d i s p e n s a b l e ,b ut a l s o o f t h a t p r o t e c t i o n o f r a c i a l and r e l i g i o u s

m i n o r i t i e s unde r t h e a e g i s o f t h e L ea gue o f N a t i o n s

wh i ch th e gove rnment o f Angora have a l r ea dy de c l a r e d

t h e i r w i l l i n g n e s s i n p r i n c i p l e t o a c c o r d . The

a l l i e d g o ve rn m e n ts s o le m n ly r e a f f i r m t h e a s s u r an c e s

wh i ch th ey ga,ve i n March l a s t t o w i thd raw t h e i r

t r o o p s fr om C o n s t a n t i n o p l e u pon t h e e n t e r i n g i n t o

f o r c e o f t h e t r e a t y o f p e a c e .

A s a p l e d g e o f t h e i r g oo d f a i t h t i e a l l i e d

p o we r s a r e p r e p a r ed , w h i l e t h e a r r ang emen t s f o r

the V e n i c e c o n f e r en ce a r e b e i n g m a l e , t o u s e a l l

t h e i r i n f l u e n c e t o s e cu r e t h e w i t h d r a w a l of t h e

Greek f o r c e s t o such a l i n e i n E as t e rn Th race as

may be agreed upon between the Turk ish and Greek

m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s and t h e a l l i e d com m an de r-in

c h i e f a t C o n s t a n t i n o p l e and h i s a l l i e d c o l l e a g u e s ,

p r o v i d ed a l wa y s th a t t h e g o ve rnmen t o f Ang o r a f i r s t

d e c l a r e t h e i r r e a d i n e s s , p e n d i n g and d u r i n g t h e

p ea ce c o n f e r en ce , no t t o en t e r t h e ne u t r a l z o nes

or c ro ss the Sea o f M armora.

Fo r the above purp ose a m ee t in g co u ld be

a r r a ng ed b e tween th e a l l i e d g e n e r a l s and Musta pha

Kemal at Mudania or I smid ,