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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [120r] (149/384)
The record is made up of 1 item. It was created in 10 Dec 1915-6 Mar 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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[This Docnment is the Property of His Britannic Majesty^ GoYerament,
and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with nnies s
required for official nse ] " '
(115813/16) e Files o nly.
Cypher tele cram to Sir H.McMahon (Rarnleh).
Foreign Office. July 13th 1916.
No.577. By our: .
Your telegram No.463 (of June 15th. Arab Bureau),
After discussion with General Clayton I propose
following modifications in scheme- submitted in your
despatch No.103.
General Clayton, as Director of Intelligence in
Egypt, to he "ex officio" head of the Bureau,
Staff to consist of:-
Director at £900 a year. (For the present General
Clayton proposes Colonel Parker for this post, retain
ing his present pay in the Egyptian Service).
Two assistants at £650 rising to £700.
Four clerks, of ’whom one should he shorthand
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
at £350 to £400, the senior rising to £500.
Women could he employed for this purpose.
One native
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
at £250 to £300. As regards
maintenance fund for Library, I understand that
Bureau now has some £500 for provision of hooks, &c.,
and has access to all libraries in Caiio. I uo not
consider therefore that any provision need he made at
present under this head.
"Contingent Fund" can also wait until experience
shows how much travelling is really
what the average annual expenses may
necessary and
he reckoned.
at
Offices and office furniture
by Egyptian Government and for the
can he provided
present
5 I f - 1 fX* i
“ ^ V' I V - I :
stationery
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The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the First World War (1914-18). The papers record the organisation and establishment of the Arab Bureau, and include tributes to the work of Arthur Brownlow fforde (the Government of India representative on the staff of the Arab Bureau) and Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (Corresponding Officer for Mesopotamia).
The principal correspondents are the Viceroy of India; Arthur Brownlow fforde; and senior officials of 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. , the Foreign Office, and the Government of India.
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