§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he can make a statement as to how far the position of the Turkish Petroleum Company's concession has been affected by the Turkish Peace Treaty, in view of the more recent concession granted by the Turkish Government to Admiral Chester; and what is the present position?
§ Mr. RONALD McNEILLThere is no special provision dealing with the Turkish Petroleum Company's concession in the Turkish Peace Treaty, and its claims remain in exactly the same legal position as before the Lausanne Conference. The present position is that His Majesty's Government regard all the obligations undertaken by the Turkish Government in 1914 in regard to the Company's concession as binding on the Turkish Government in any territory remaining to Turkey as a result of the Peace Treaty.