HIST 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ottoman Greeks, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis, Hellenic Army
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Btwn gb/france, meant to preempt post-wwi fighting over mid east terrs. Russia was orig going to get terr, but after they left war it bcame independent armenia. Italy was also going to get land, but it was not a gp, and secret promises eventually necessitated that it not go thru. Demobilization and disarmament of the ottoman troops. Surrender by all ottoman troops in the arab provinces. The entente had the right to occupy any place in the ottoman empire itself if it considered its security to be under threat. The entente had the right to intervene militarily in the armenian provinces if law and order should break down there. Howev--anatolian area did not surrender and bcame center of turkish natl movement. Us enters into scene in middle of negotiations. Us was a new player, did not hav previous biases, argued that it could act as arbiter.