Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 TNA FO 608/44, pp. 264–266: Harry Lamb to Lord Curzon. Sofia, 7 April 1919
- 2 TNA FO 608/44, pp. 369–370: Letter from General Baird to Military Intelligence, War office, London. 2 September 1919
- 3 TNA FO 371/6197, pp. 105–106: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 10 February 1921
- 4 TNA FO 371/5811, pp. 96–114: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 21 June 1921
- 5 TNA FO 371/5811, pp. 133–139: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 29 June 1921
- 6 TNA FO 371/7377, pp. 179–180: Lindley to Curzon. Athens, 25 March 1922. Enclosure, Colonel Corfe
- 7 TNA FO 371/7377, p. 191: Curzon to Lord Hardinge. Foreign Office, 12 April 1922
- 8 TNA FO 371/7375, pp. 45–47: Graham to Curzon. Rome, 10 May 1922. Enclosure, Major Duncan
- 9 TNA FO 371/8562, pp. 237–238: Erskine to Curzon. Sofia, 6 June 1923
- 10 TNA FO 371/8566, pp. 44–50: Notes on a Tour Made by the Mixed Commission on Greco-Bulgarian Emigration in Western and Central Macedonia. Colonel A. C. Corfe, 20 August 1923
- 11 TNA FO 371/8563, p. 157: Erskine to Curzon, Sofia, 28 November 1923
- 12 TNA FO 371/10667, p. 200: Erskine to Chamberlain, Sofia, 11 March 1925
- 13 TNA FO 371/10668, pp. 96–99: Foreign Office Memorandum, Situation in Bulgaria. 9 April 1925
- 14 TNA FO 371/10793, pp. 100–104: Footman to Kennard, 30 June 1925
- 15 TNA FO 371/10673, p. 5 (1–6): Stevenson to Chamberlain. Sofia, 26 October 1925
- 16 TNA FO 371/10667, pp. 205–208: Kennard to Lampson, 30 October 1925
- 17 TNA FO 371/10667, pp. 210–214: Bateman to Kennard, 7 November 1925
- 18 TNA FO 371/11337, pp. 24–25: Memorandum on Serbian “Minorities” in Greek Macedonia. C. H. Bateman. Foreign Office, 3 March 1926
- 19 TNA FO 371/11405, pp. 91–95: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 21 April 1926. Situation in Serbian Macedonia. Enclosure by R. A. Gallop, 19 April
- 20 TNA FO 371/11337, pp. 31–34: Kennard to Howard Smith. Belgrade, 28 April 1926. Enclosure, R. A. Gallop, 23 April
- 21 TNA FO 371/11405, pp. 129–130: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 26 May 1926
- 22 TNA FO 371/11217, p. 143: Erskine to Chamberlain. 1 July 1926
- 23 TNA FO 371/12086, pp. 180–181: Erskine to Chamberlain. Sofia, 25 November 1927
- 24 TNA FO 371/12090, p. 161: Chamberlain to the Marques of Crewe (Paris). 11 October 1927
- 25 TNA FO 371/12092, pp. 195–201: Memorandum by Bateman. 28 November 1927
- 26 TNA FO 371/12855, p. 175: Chamberlain to Dodd. 16 January 1928
- 27 TNA FO 371/12855, pp. 241–248: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 31 January 1928
- 28 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 63–64: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 6 March 1928: Memorandum Respecting Suggestions for the Removal of Discontent among the Peasant Population of Southern Serbia. D. J. Footman. Skopje, 5 March 1928
- 29 TNA FO 371/12856, p. 110: Sperling to Chamberlain. Sofia, 12 July 1928
- 30 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 228–230: Memorandum by Bateman. Foreign Office, 18 October 1928
- 31 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 244–248: Sargent to Sperling. Foreign Office, 22 October 1928
- 32 TNA FO 371/12857, pp. 36–49: Dodd to Chamberlain. Sofia, 5 December 1928
- 33 TNA FO 371/12857, pp. 28–29: Memo by Sargent. Foreign Office, 18 December 1928
- 34 TNA FO 371/13571, pp. 219–221: Notes on the Present Situation between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. C. H. Bateman. Foreign Office, 26 July 1929
- 35 TNA FO 371/13573, pp. 84–94: Foreign Office, Macedonian Question. 6 December 1929
- 36 TNA FO 371/14315, pp. 94–97: J. Balfour. Foreign Office, 13 March 1930
- 37 TNA FO 371/14315, pp. 83–85: Memorandum for the Secretary of State. John Balfour. 24 March 1930
- 38 TNA FO 371/14316, pp. 152–160: Waterlow to Vansittart. Sofia, 21 May 1930
- 39 TNA FO 371/14316, pp. 150–151: Minutes by John Balfour on Waterlow’s Letter from 26 May 1930. Foreign Office, 2 June 1930
- 40 TNA FO 371/14324, p. 131: Memorandum by Orme Sargent. 21 June 1930
- 41 TNA FO 371/14316, p. 214: Conclusions of the Memorandum on Macedonian Question. Central Department of Foreign Office. 1 July 1930
- 42 TNA FO 371/14317, pp. 203–205: N. Henderson to Sargent. Bled, 23 July 1930
- 43 TNA FO 371/15172, pp. 86–87: Waterlow to Sargent. Sofia, 31 December 1930
- 44 TNA FO 371/16683, pp. 29–32: Foreign Office Memorandum on Balkans and Turkey, 1932–1933, 1 January 1934
- 45 TNA FO 371/19486, pp. 193–195: Bentinck to Samuel Hoare, Sofia, 26 September 1935
- 46 TNA FO 434/3, PaRtY//, pp. 417–419: R. Campbell to Eden. Belgrade, 25 May 1936
- 47 TNA FO 371/22329, pp. 2–4: Edward Coote to Halifax. Sofia, 23 September 1938
- 48 TNA FO 371/23718, pp. 279–287: Memorandum on Bulgaria by Orme Sargent. FO, 15 April 1939
- 49 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 110–114: Rendel to Halifax. Sofia, 5 January 1940
- 50 TNA FO 371/24880, p. 183: Cypher Telegram from Rendel (Sofia). 15 August 1940
- 51 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 184–186: Rendel to Nichols, Sofia, 25 August 1940
- 52 TNA FO 371/24880, p. 219: Cypher Telegram from Campbell (Belgrade). 3 September 1940
- 53 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 241–252: Commander Errington to Dixon. 7 September 1940
- 54 TNA FO 371/29785, pp. 1–8: R. Cambell to Halifax. Belgrade, 6 November 1940. Enclosure Report on the General Situation in Southern Serbia by Mr. Thomas, British Vice-Consul at Skopje
- 55 TNA FO 371/29728, pp. 100–105: Amnesty for Macedonian Revolutionary leader Ivan Mihailoff; James Bowker to Phillip Broad, 30 May 1941
- Bibliography
- Index
53 - TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 241–252: Commander Errington to Dixon. 7 September 1940
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 TNA FO 608/44, pp. 264–266: Harry Lamb to Lord Curzon. Sofia, 7 April 1919
- 2 TNA FO 608/44, pp. 369–370: Letter from General Baird to Military Intelligence, War office, London. 2 September 1919
- 3 TNA FO 371/6197, pp. 105–106: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 10 February 1921
- 4 TNA FO 371/5811, pp. 96–114: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 21 June 1921
- 5 TNA FO 371/5811, pp. 133–139: Peel to Curzon. Sofia, 29 June 1921
- 6 TNA FO 371/7377, pp. 179–180: Lindley to Curzon. Athens, 25 March 1922. Enclosure, Colonel Corfe
- 7 TNA FO 371/7377, p. 191: Curzon to Lord Hardinge. Foreign Office, 12 April 1922
- 8 TNA FO 371/7375, pp. 45–47: Graham to Curzon. Rome, 10 May 1922. Enclosure, Major Duncan
- 9 TNA FO 371/8562, pp. 237–238: Erskine to Curzon. Sofia, 6 June 1923
- 10 TNA FO 371/8566, pp. 44–50: Notes on a Tour Made by the Mixed Commission on Greco-Bulgarian Emigration in Western and Central Macedonia. Colonel A. C. Corfe, 20 August 1923
- 11 TNA FO 371/8563, p. 157: Erskine to Curzon, Sofia, 28 November 1923
- 12 TNA FO 371/10667, p. 200: Erskine to Chamberlain, Sofia, 11 March 1925
- 13 TNA FO 371/10668, pp. 96–99: Foreign Office Memorandum, Situation in Bulgaria. 9 April 1925
- 14 TNA FO 371/10793, pp. 100–104: Footman to Kennard, 30 June 1925
- 15 TNA FO 371/10673, p. 5 (1–6): Stevenson to Chamberlain. Sofia, 26 October 1925
- 16 TNA FO 371/10667, pp. 205–208: Kennard to Lampson, 30 October 1925
- 17 TNA FO 371/10667, pp. 210–214: Bateman to Kennard, 7 November 1925
- 18 TNA FO 371/11337, pp. 24–25: Memorandum on Serbian “Minorities” in Greek Macedonia. C. H. Bateman. Foreign Office, 3 March 1926
- 19 TNA FO 371/11405, pp. 91–95: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 21 April 1926. Situation in Serbian Macedonia. Enclosure by R. A. Gallop, 19 April
- 20 TNA FO 371/11337, pp. 31–34: Kennard to Howard Smith. Belgrade, 28 April 1926. Enclosure, R. A. Gallop, 23 April
- 21 TNA FO 371/11405, pp. 129–130: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 26 May 1926
- 22 TNA FO 371/11217, p. 143: Erskine to Chamberlain. 1 July 1926
- 23 TNA FO 371/12086, pp. 180–181: Erskine to Chamberlain. Sofia, 25 November 1927
- 24 TNA FO 371/12090, p. 161: Chamberlain to the Marques of Crewe (Paris). 11 October 1927
- 25 TNA FO 371/12092, pp. 195–201: Memorandum by Bateman. 28 November 1927
- 26 TNA FO 371/12855, p. 175: Chamberlain to Dodd. 16 January 1928
- 27 TNA FO 371/12855, pp. 241–248: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 31 January 1928
- 28 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 63–64: Kennard to Chamberlain. Belgrade, 6 March 1928: Memorandum Respecting Suggestions for the Removal of Discontent among the Peasant Population of Southern Serbia. D. J. Footman. Skopje, 5 March 1928
- 29 TNA FO 371/12856, p. 110: Sperling to Chamberlain. Sofia, 12 July 1928
- 30 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 228–230: Memorandum by Bateman. Foreign Office, 18 October 1928
- 31 TNA FO 371/12856, pp. 244–248: Sargent to Sperling. Foreign Office, 22 October 1928
- 32 TNA FO 371/12857, pp. 36–49: Dodd to Chamberlain. Sofia, 5 December 1928
- 33 TNA FO 371/12857, pp. 28–29: Memo by Sargent. Foreign Office, 18 December 1928
- 34 TNA FO 371/13571, pp. 219–221: Notes on the Present Situation between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. C. H. Bateman. Foreign Office, 26 July 1929
- 35 TNA FO 371/13573, pp. 84–94: Foreign Office, Macedonian Question. 6 December 1929
- 36 TNA FO 371/14315, pp. 94–97: J. Balfour. Foreign Office, 13 March 1930
- 37 TNA FO 371/14315, pp. 83–85: Memorandum for the Secretary of State. John Balfour. 24 March 1930
- 38 TNA FO 371/14316, pp. 152–160: Waterlow to Vansittart. Sofia, 21 May 1930
- 39 TNA FO 371/14316, pp. 150–151: Minutes by John Balfour on Waterlow’s Letter from 26 May 1930. Foreign Office, 2 June 1930
- 40 TNA FO 371/14324, p. 131: Memorandum by Orme Sargent. 21 June 1930
- 41 TNA FO 371/14316, p. 214: Conclusions of the Memorandum on Macedonian Question. Central Department of Foreign Office. 1 July 1930
- 42 TNA FO 371/14317, pp. 203–205: N. Henderson to Sargent. Bled, 23 July 1930
- 43 TNA FO 371/15172, pp. 86–87: Waterlow to Sargent. Sofia, 31 December 1930
- 44 TNA FO 371/16683, pp. 29–32: Foreign Office Memorandum on Balkans and Turkey, 1932–1933, 1 January 1934
- 45 TNA FO 371/19486, pp. 193–195: Bentinck to Samuel Hoare, Sofia, 26 September 1935
- 46 TNA FO 434/3, PaRtY//, pp. 417–419: R. Campbell to Eden. Belgrade, 25 May 1936
- 47 TNA FO 371/22329, pp. 2–4: Edward Coote to Halifax. Sofia, 23 September 1938
- 48 TNA FO 371/23718, pp. 279–287: Memorandum on Bulgaria by Orme Sargent. FO, 15 April 1939
- 49 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 110–114: Rendel to Halifax. Sofia, 5 January 1940
- 50 TNA FO 371/24880, p. 183: Cypher Telegram from Rendel (Sofia). 15 August 1940
- 51 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 184–186: Rendel to Nichols, Sofia, 25 August 1940
- 52 TNA FO 371/24880, p. 219: Cypher Telegram from Campbell (Belgrade). 3 September 1940
- 53 TNA FO 371/24880, pp. 241–252: Commander Errington to Dixon. 7 September 1940
- 54 TNA FO 371/29785, pp. 1–8: R. Cambell to Halifax. Belgrade, 6 November 1940. Enclosure Report on the General Situation in Southern Serbia by Mr. Thomas, British Vice-Consul at Skopje
- 55 TNA FO 371/29728, pp. 100–105: Amnesty for Macedonian Revolutionary leader Ivan Mihailoff; James Bowker to Phillip Broad, 30 May 1941
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
R 7525/613/7
7th September, 1940
The Macedonian Question
Encloses report (the latest of three) from Cmdr. Wolfson, A.N.A. at Istanbul on Macedonian question. Report refers to possible conversations between Macedonians and Yugoslav Government and to possibility of enlisting support of Macedonian leaders for Britain in return for unofficial assurance that their claims would be considered at peace conference; in this connexion it is suggested that M. Skavrtseff, a Macedonian leader at present in Geneva, should come to London.
(Minutes)
Commander Errington is going to send us the two reports referred to at the beginning of this memorandum. He is also sending copies of all the papers to Mr. Broad at M.E.W. In speaking to me Commander Errington was at pains to point out that the Director of Naval Intelligence regarded this paper as purely intelligence work and nothing was going to be done except through H. M. Representative at Belgrade. There are really two questions arising out of this memorandum:
(1) Support of Macedonian aspirations. At the moment I do not think that it would be in our interest to do so. Neither Bulgaria nor Yugoslavia are completely in the Axis camp and in our present weak position I can see no useful results in trying to provoke the sort of trouble which would certainly throw both countries into Germany's arms. In the event, however, of our having to withdraw from the Balkans, support for the Macedonians might be a very useful counter to play with. Admittedly Mihailoff and the I.M.R.O. are discredited and are a party consisting only of leaders. From what we know, however, they are willing to get support from any quarter they can.
If we were to pursue actively a proposal for a “Serb peasant -Bulgarian Agrarian” combination, it is just conceivable that circumstances might make the Macedonians a useful pawn in the game. An autonomous Macedonia within a south Slav block which had Russian support is not inconceivable.
(2) Contact with Monsieur Skavrtseff. This seems to me a dangerous proposal, since if the Yugoslavs or Bulgarians got to know of it they would certainly suspect the worst.
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