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Why could Britain and Russia not agree to partition the Ottoman Empire prior to Sykes-Picot-Sazanov in 1915?

a) Britain was always committed to preserving a substantial OE

b) Russia was always committed to preserving a substantial OE

c) Each supported significant partition at times, but whenever one thought it was a good idea, the other automatically opposed it out of suspicion the other would benefit more.
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