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Coll 6/90 'Syria: Anglo-French relations in the Near East. French policy in Syria.' [20r] (39/169)
The record is made up of 1 file (83 folios). It was created in 23 Mar 1939-29 May 1947. 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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5.
uince onsieur 1 uaux , & departure, s
been rife in the preee regarding the reasons for the presence
of these different personalities in Prance and several
conjectures as regards the future have been ma e. une is that
an administration identical with that at present in force in
dyria will be set up in the Lebanon, Another is that a
region similar to that of Tunis will be adopted. it must
however be emphasised that tiuo is iaare Circulation, but it
cannot be denied that there is a very real foundation for it.
6. The dual a&miniatration - Pranch and Lebanese, whj.eh
has been in existence since the beginning of 1937, lias bean bo
more successful in the Lebanon than it was in dyria. The
Lebanese administration has shown itself to be just as effete
as that of yria, and it hat indulged in abuses of many kinds,
decently a great scandal was caused by the discovery of
extensive plantations of Hashish in the Beqa*a plain; the
Minister of dgriculture, Ibrahim Haidar, and several deputies
were involved* One of the results of this scandal was that
last week Ibrahim Haidar was obliged to resign from the
Cabinet.
7. The director of the .<dret6 who had begun to destroy
this illicit culture, was suddenly recalled to Prance and will
not apparently return. LonsJ.eur Oolomen-mi 1 a rocull should
not, ha*ever, be ascribed to his activity in ferreting out
this abuse and taking the proper steps to stop it. lather
is it because his compatriots had long suspected him of
been
abusing his position and Lone^eur iuaux must have/convinced
that these suspicions were justified, since the orders for
iOnaieur Colombani’s recall came at Qd hours notice.
8. from the British point of view, his disappearance
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This file concerns Anglo-French relations in the near East, particularly relating to French policy in Syria.
Much of the correspondence relates to British efforts to obtain information from the French Government regarding the latter's future policy in Syria. The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- British concerns in 1939 regarding public support in Iraq for the Syrian Nationalist cause.
- Differences between the French Mandate in Syria and the British Mandate in Palestine.
- British misgivings regarding the French Government's decision not to proceed with the ratification of the treaty between France and Syria (the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence), which was concluded in 1936 and amended in 1938.
- The reception given to King Faisal II of Iraq upon his visit to Damascus in July 1939.
- Reactions in the Iraqi press to the suspension of the Syrian Constitution in July 1939.
- The suspension of the Lebanese Constitution and the dissolution of its Parliament in September 1939, reported as a 'wartime measure'.
- An increase in the number of French forces in Syria in September 1939.
- The French Government's concerns in 1946 regarding the activities of the Arab League in North Africa.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps, succeeded by Ronald Ian Campbell); His Majesty's Ambassador in Bagdad [Baghdad] (Basil Newton); the British Consul, Beirut (Godfrey Thomas Havard); officials of the Foreign Office.
The date range of the file is 1939-47; however, with the exception of three items dating from 1946-47, all of the correspondence dates from 1939.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (83 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 84; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2162
- Title
- Coll 6/90 'Syria: Anglo-French relations in the Near East. French policy in Syria.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:24v, 26r:36v, 41r:84v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence