Sykes–Picot Agreement
Formal British, French and Russian Agreements (April – October 1916)

Sykes–Picot Agreement

Section Title: Formal British, French and Russian Agreements (April – October 1916)
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The eleven letters of the British-French-Russian agreements

Date	From	To	Description	Letter

26 April 1916	Sergey Sazonov, Russian Foreign Minister	Maurice Paléologue, French ambassador to Russia	The Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement confirming French agreement to the Russian annexation of Western Armenia	-

26 April 1916	Paléologue	Sazonov	-

9 May 1916	Paul Cambon, French ambassador to London	Edward Grey, British Foreign Minister	French agreement to the Sykes-Picot Agreement (this document is the official French-language version of the Sykes-Picot agreement)	-

15 May 1916	Grey	Cambon	Mutual confirmation to protect each others' pre-existing interests in the allotted areas.	-

15 May 1916	Cambon	Grey	-

16 May 1916	Grey	Cambon	British agreement to the Sykes-Picot Agreement (this document is the official English-language version of the Sykes-Picot agreement)	-

23 May 1916	Grey	Benckendorff	Proposed an Anglo-Russian acceptance to the Russo-French Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement and the Anglo-French Sykes-Picot Agreement	-

25 August 1916	Cambon	Grey	Replaced the word "protect" with "uphold" before the words "an independent Arab State"	-

30 August 1916	Robert Crewe-Milnes, British Deputy Foreign Minister	Cambon	-

1 September 1916	Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian ambassador to London	Grey	Confirmed Russian and British agreement to the Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement and the Sykes-Picot Agreement	-

23 October 1916	Grey	Benckendorff	-

Sentence(s)

The terms were sent by Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador in London, to Edward Grey, on 9 May 1916.

final_sentence: The terms were sent by Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador in London, to Edward Grey, on 9 May 1916.