The Turkish Straits and the Great Powers: From the Montreux Convention to the Early Cold War, 1936-1947

Adana Admiralty Aegean agreement alliance Allies Ambassador American Ankara Aras attack attitude August Axis Balkans base belligerent Bevin Black Sea powers Britain British government Bulgaria Byrnes Churchill Churchill's co-operation Cold Cold War Conference Cripps Dardanelles Decimal File demilitarisation E-boats Eastern Mediterranean Erkin Europe favour fleet Foreign Minister Foreign Office foreign policy German Greece guarantee Halifax Hugessen to Foreign İnönü interests Istanbul Italian Italy July June Lausanne League London Loraine Mediterranean memorandum Menemencioğlu Middle East military Molotov Montreux Convention Moscow naval negotiations neutral non-Black Sea November October Office to Hugessen pact passage Politikasında 50 position post-war Potsdam Conference PRO FO proposal regarding the Straits revision Ribbentrop Romania Russia Saraçoğlu ships Soviet demands Soviet government Soviet threat Soviet Union Stalin Straits Convention Straits issue Straits question strategic suggested Treaty Truman Turco-Soviet Turkey Turkey's Turkish authorities Turkish Foreign Turkish government Turkish Straits Turks USSR vessels warships Yıl