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Coll 6/90 'Syria: Anglo-French relations in the Near East. French policy in Syria.' [77r] (153/169)
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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2 .
3. If Iraqi Government are uneasy, His Majesty’s Government
consider it all to the good that they should approach the French
Government direct and explain their views frankly, and His Majesty’s
Embassy in Paris have just been asked at Taufiq Suwaidi* s request to
arrange for him to be received at the French Ministry for Foreign
Affairs on his way through Paris. Please inform Iraqi Government
accordingly. (R ends).
4. For your own information His Majesty’s Government do not
doubt that French are fully alive to value of Arab friendship.
They would probably not feel able to press French Government to
ratify the 1936 Treaty if the French Government considered that this
would lead to political instability in Syria which might in present
circumstances have dangerous repercussions in the Middle i^asc.
But they are inclined to agree with Iraqi Government that present
French policy, so far as they can understand it, is unwise, and I
have recently instructed His Majesty’s Ambassador at Paris to make
certain enquiries of the French Government regarding their Syrian
policy. Position will be further considered on receipt of French
Government’s reply.
Addressed to Bagdad No. 92; repeated to Jedda No.50, and
(Saving) Paris No. 95 and Beirut unnumbered (for Damascus No.11).
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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
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- 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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