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Smyrna, September 29th, 1922.

M. l e

President, to

have

t h e honour

to

I n f o r m your

Excellency the

that t h e r e p l y three A l l i e d [Assembly p f Confident with the in

the N o t e to the

ad d r e s s e d

on S e p t e m b e r the Grand

225, 1922., b y National

Powers

Government o f

Turkey w i l l the

be g i v e n i n a f e w

d a y s b y my G o v e r n m e n t . who i s given in in now

a s s u r a n c e s w h i c h M. F r a n k l i n - B o u i l l o n , of t h e T u r k i s h A r m i e s , has of the will the

Commander-in-Chief

I accordance w i t h I Paris, I once in

the r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s

Entente Powers

assembled at

and p e r s u a d e d crder

that n e g o t i a t i o n s

be p r o c e e d e d w i t h o r d e r has which were been

to e s t a b l i s h

a just peace,

given

immediately

to step in

our m i l i t a r y the direction

operations, of

developed Kale

uninterruptedly in p u r s u i t of

Constantinople

and Chanak

the

Greek Army.. given by M, F r a n k l i n - B o u i l l o n the proposals of Turkey. day more is the of have proved the a to sense

The a s s u r a n c e s "of justice

w h i c h has I n s p i r e d the

the Entente

with since

v i e w "to g u a r a n t e e i n g keep T h r a c e . , of if

rights

Nevertheless, under of is

only for

a single

t h e ad m i n i s t r a t i on a variety of dangers" to

t h e G r e e k Army o f suffering the the to

occupation,

causa it of

and o f

the Turkish p o p u l a t i o n , Ironsdiately of as a m a t t e r

indispensable and of

evacuate Thrace as f a r to

Greek

urgency, Assembly

restore Turkey

Government

t h e Grand N a t i o n a l including

as t h e w e s t o f M a r i t z a ,

Adrlanople.

As t o Allied in

the

convocation in order the of

a t Mudania

of

a 8onferencfe of the

of

the

generals

to determine

questions of

urgency Entente for Octohor on t h e the

accor-dence w i t h the m e e t i n g

desii-es this

and p r o p o s a l s

Powers, 3rd,

conference

is proposed of the

1S22.

General is

Ismet Pasha,

Commander

Armies us a t

Western Front, conference I shall he

personally If

designated the date designate their

to represent is to

a t Mudania. glad and if

suggested generals

convenient, attend the

you w i l l us o f

conforer.ee

inform

names.

(Sgd)

YGUSSGUF KEMAL,

tc

M i n i s t e r of F o r e i g n A f f a i r s , t h e G o v e r n m e n t c f t h e Grand n a t i o n a l Assembly o f Turkey.

., W h i t e h a l l October

Gardens, S . W . 1 . I 6 t h , 1922.