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A meeting in the British Foreign Office: …Conclusion: Financial matters can

never be entrusted to Turks. Also, Turks will pay all occupation expenses and
the price for the collected commissions… Senior Litti said: 'Turks will want

Izmir, and we'll say 'pay us all that we spent for occupation. Since they are
not going to do that, we'll keep Izmir.' Then Lloyd George said, 'our units in
Syria will leave, so are we going to pay for it? How nonsensical is that? Turks

should pay all of it. British taxpayers paid 750 million sterling for that. We'll
get it back from the Turks in gold coins. We have to gain control of the gold
stocks of Turks.'… Mr. Cambon said 'we should first destroy their patriotic

leaders.'… Lloyd George said: 'We'll tell the Sultan [Vahdettin], we're getting
all the flesh, you can keep the bones'. 184

The answer to the Turkish government: We carefully examined the message

of the Turkish government. Turks, … by entering the war, caused casualties
and poverty… They caused the deaths of millions of people and loss of billions
of sterling. Turkey has to pay a very big price so that freedom in the world can

be rebuilt… Non-Turk ethnic groups will become independent states. Izmir
and Thrace will be taken from Turks and a free Armenia will be set up with-

in the borders determined by the US President [W. Wilson]… Strict measures
will be taken to ensure that Turks don't betray the civilized world again. For
this reason, Turkish lands will be turned into a small state… Imperialist

desires of the Turkish people will be erased.

As to the autonomy of the Straits:

1. All military facilities along the Straits will be demolished and all coasts and
islands will be arms-free.

2. Disarmament costs will be borne by Turks or Greeks.

3.No soldiers other than Allied soldiers can be present on the islands.

Turkish gendarme will report to us and all debts of the Turks will be paid by

the Turks. If you don't sign the treaty, you will be driven out of Europe for
sure. We are giving you ten days for your perusal. 185

The British Deep State and the Armenian Riots

Official and classified British documents reveal a great deal about the

thoughts of British politicians on Armenian riots:

Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed