Turkey: Prisoners, including: Enquiries at the whereabouts of Captain Charles Seely...

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Enquiries at the whereabouts of Captain Charles Seely and Lieutenant Bonar Law.

Enquiry as to the whereabouts of Lily McKay and Mr and Mrs Focan residing in Constantinople, and to ascertain whether remittances should be sent. Messages between Lily McKay, Mrs Focan and William and May McKay.

Treatment of Sheket Ibrahim while a prisoner and his death.

British interests in Turkey.

Enquiry concerning whereabouts of Second Lieutenant Howard Birch, 12th Battalion attached 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Suspension of remittance to Charles Abela on suspicion of strong enemy sympathies.

Rent of Charles E Hamson's house in Constantinople.

Death of Mr Pariente, a member of staff of the British Post Office at Smyrna.

Proposed exchange of a British Major prisoner of war for Major Kiamil Effendi.

Enquiry from Henry R Miller concerning the whereabouts of Edward Whittall.

Remittances for employees of C Whittall and Co in Smyrna.

Execution of Hadjsi Ali Issa at Malta for the murder of Nedjet Saadi, a fellow prisoner.

Effect on Turkish prisoners held at Sumerpus of the capture of Baghdad.

Notification of the death of Captain Daws.

Treatment received by British prisoners of war in the German hospital at Smyrna.

Repatriation of Ismail Oghlu Ahmed from Mudros.

Translation of the agreement drawn up between in Arabic between the British Government and Sayed Mohammed Idris Ibn el Sayed el Mahdi el Senussi concerning the handing over of prisoners of war.

Exchange of Lieutenant G J F Fitzgerald RNR for Lieutenant Ali Calib Effendi Bin Kassim, a Turkish naval officer.

Loss of messages etc. sent to Constantinople.

Payment of pensions for three Cypriots (Esseid Ahmed Hassein, Mehmed Hassein and Zehra Hassein) to Sadika Khanum.

Message from Hortense Callus to her brother Henry Callus.

Funds for men of the 8th Hants Regiment.

Proposal for an exchange of certain British and Turkish prisoners of war.

Information about the internment camp conditions given by Mrs Seager, released from Turkey, stressing the importance of Ayoub Sabri in negotiating with the Turkish Government.

Conference at Berne with Turkish delegates, including Rahmi Bey, on prisoners of war questions.

Possibility of a visit by Swiss conference delegates to camps in Turkey.

Discussion concerning the exchange of civilian prisoners of war at the conference in Berne.

Expenses of the conference at Berne.

Inspection of British prisoner of war camps in Turkey.

Agreement with Rahmi Bey at the conference in Berne.

British subjects interned in Turkey in reprisal for Ayoub Sabri.

Code 1244 Files 111903-152259.

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