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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [155r] (219/384)
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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respects but I feel strongly that if H.M.Govemment contemplate,
reaching decision in regard to questions of policy affecting
Mesopotamia without consulting us here and if they also pro
pose to communicate those decisions through Cairo the position
(? is not) one which I or my chief Political officer should be
asked t© accept,
(6)* I am net aware if any definite decision has
been reached as t® lines ©n which our policy and plans in
regard to future Arabia and Irak are to be based, if so I have
not been informed of same.
plans or policy in regard to above problems formulated without
the views ©f India,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Mesopotamia, Aden and Cairo
being severally and specifically represented at a conference
assembled for the purpose would be in the least likely to prov&
workable or achieve finality* I would accordingly urge the
assembly of such a conference with the least possible delay*
If presided over by a high officer ©f state commanding
general confidence it should have a good prospect of reaching
c©union ground and devising a workable basis for a national
policy*
But I venture to represent that no general
Addressed to Foreign, Simla, repeated to S. of S.
for I
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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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- File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo'
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- 46r:128v, 132r:136v, 138r:181v, 186r:237v
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