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'Political Service in the Middle East' [‎100r] (7/10)

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The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 25 Oct 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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occupation is bssed upon India, and it is to India that
it must look for its civil and military requirements so
1 onp 1 ts tne wir lists. The Government of India have
suffered by their associstion Tith military failures in
the early part of the c-unpaipji; but the work of political
reconstruction, as carried out first by Sir Percy Cox and
subsequently by Captain Wilson, but throughout under the
puidance and inspiration of the fiovemment of India, may
well challenfl» comparison with anything accomplished
durinp* the war. It recently won unstinted praise from
an American Relief Mine ion passing throuf^i Baghdad on its
way to Persia. To eliminate the Government of India at
the present »ta^:e would not only be an undeserved slur
upon the Viceroy and his advisers, but mirht tend to
discourage the Political Officers themselves, who could
hardly be expected to welcome removal from an authority
under which the majority of them have lon/^ been accustomed
to serve and with which their future prospects are
intimately bound up.
5. The statement of the War Office that division
of political control " has led to the rivalry between the
"Sherif and the Emir of liejd ,, cannot be accepted without
qualification. As has been pointed out by ^ir R.
finrrate and others, the differences between Kinp; Husain
and Bin Saud are deep-rooted and of lon^ standing, and
have their origin in acute personal and sectarian
prejudices. The most that can be said ie that the
situation has been a^pravated by the difference of outlook
between

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This printed memorandum, dated 25 October 1918, is a note by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. concerning a War Office memorandum of 21 October 1918 (E.C. 2042). It concerns political service in the Middle East in the context of the First World War and defines responsibility for the administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq] between the Foreign Office and the Government of India and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .

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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 97, and terminates at folio 101, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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