Page 529 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

Curzon expressed his deplorable views about our honorable people on

his notes dated February 4, 1920:

Turks must be thrown out of Europe. As the American Senator Lodge said,

Istanbul should be totally taken from Turks, this nest of pestilence, creator of
wars and blasphemy for neighbors, should be wiped off from Europe. Turks
are the redskins of Asia and so will their end be like them. (The Honorable
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Turkish Nation is above such statements)

Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe
British High Commissioner Admiral

Calthorpe, stationed in Istanbul, wrote in
many of his telegrams to London that one

way to weaken the Ottoman Empire was
pitting the Kurds and Turks against each

other.

During the negotiations for the
Armistice of Mudros, Admiral Calthorpe

promised that everything would be done to
make sure Turks are not offended. He said Somerset Arthur
Gough-Calthorpe
that he believed Greek ships would not be sent
to Istanbul or Izmir, but added that a clause stating

that 'Istanbul would not be occupied' could not be included in
the armistice. Only 13 days after these statements, Greek and British navy
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ships anchored in the Bosphorus Strait.

It also fell on Calthorpe to tell about the impending Greek occupation of

Izmir. On May 14, 1919, at 09:00 AM, he sent a diplomatic note to Ali Nadir
Pasha, Commander of the XVII Corps, informing him that Izmir forts and
the territory with defense measures would be occupied by the Allied Forces

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in line with the 7 clause of the Armistice. On the same day, he sent a sec-
ond note, saying that Izmir would be occupied on May 15, 1919 by the Greeks
on behalf of the Allies and the fleet in the port would be the highest author-
ity to ensure order during occupation.