Telegram from E. Venizelos to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding his discussion with the English Minister of Foreign Affairs on the issue of reparations to Turkey from Greece.

Original text (diplomatic transcription)

OCR: needs review · claude/opus · Agreement of two readings 0.79

Stamps and notes

• archival 193 top left
• handwritten_note ⟦Ἐμπιστευτικόν⟧ 21α top left, slanted
• archival Ἀρ. Πρωτ. 1001 top left, struck through
• handwritten_note ⟦78⟧ top left, in red, over the protocol number
• archival 173/54 3721 left margin, stamped figures
• archival 544 left margin, handwritten
• handwritten_note 21α left side, in red
• handwritten_note Διεξ. ⟦αὐθ.⟧ 10 μμ. ⟦…⟧ left margin, vertical
• stamp ΜΠΗ bottom right, Benaki Museum stamp

Uncertain readings

• ⟦Ἐκ Λονδίνου⟧ Place name before the date; the reading is uncertain.
• ⟦Ὑπουργεῖον⟧ Start of the addressee line, partly obscured by the crossed-out protocol number and the red marks.
• Μοὶ ὅστις The first word of the line is crossed out in the original (copied, not deleted); ὅστις is a probable reading.
• ⟦κυριωτέρων⟧ Probable reading.
• ⟦…⟧ (lines 8–10 of the body) Two and a half lines struck through by the author; for the most part unreadable. ⟦τὴν Τουρκίαν⟧ is very uncertain.
• ⟦μειουμένων⟧ Probable reading.
• ⟦…⟧ ⟦οἰκονομικῆς⟧ ⟦…⟧ (lines 12–14) Words largely illegible; οἰκονομικῆς is uncertain.
• ⟦ἀποζημιώσεως⟧ / ⟦ἀποζημιώσεων⟧ Word endings uncertain.
• ⟦…⟧ (lines 17–18) Illegible; the end of the line may contain ὑποχωρήσῃ.
• Μοὶ ⟦…⟧ ⟦…⟧ ὅτι ⟦…⟧ Phrase struck through by the author before 'Μοὶ ἀφῆκε'.
• ⟦Δυνάμεις⟧ Probable reading.
• ⟦…⟧ (last four lines) Very illegible hand; one word above the line and one crossed-out word in the second-to-last line.

Demotic Greek

Turkish

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