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File 4744/1915 Pt 2 'Middle East: Intelligence Service for' [‎2v] (2/90)

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The record is made up of 1 item. It was created in 4 Jun 1919-5 Apr 1920. 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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The papers concern War Office proposals for the co-ordination of intelligence work in Egypt and the Middle East, and reaction to the proposals by the Government of India.

The principal correspondents are senior Army officers; and senior officials of the War Office, 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. , and the Foreign Office.

The papers include a map (folio 44 [= IOR/W/L/PS/10/576 (i)] and an accompanying diagram (folio 45), illustrating the proposed geographical divisions, structure, and organisation of intelligence gathering by 'Arbur' [the Arab Bureau] in the Middle East.

The papers also include a paper entitled A Plea for a Moslem Bureau , by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob (Arab Bulletin Supplementary Papers, no. 6, Cairo, 1919) on folios 23-26, calling for a well-regulated and co-ordinated system of Muslim intelligence throughout the British Empire.

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File 4744/1915 Pt 2 'Middle East: Intelligence Service for' [‎2v] (2/90), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/576/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044744121.0x00000e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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