"A New and Unwholesome Principle": American and British Influence on the Turco-Greek Exchange Convention of January 30, 1923

In an examination of the origins of compulsory population exchange, this paper studies the concept’s introduction on the international stage during Lausanne Conference of 1922-1923. Using the method of diplomatic history, it analyzes the contributions of Anglo-American diplomats to the formulation of Greek and Turkish Exchange Convention signed on January 30th, 1923. Specific focus is given to American intervention which ensured the exemption of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) from the population transfer