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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [171r] (251/384)
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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U.S. of S.,
F. 0.
With reference to previous
correspondence on the subject of the
Arab Bureau, I am directed by the
Secretary of State for India to
forward, for the information of the
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, copy of a telegram that has
been received from the Government of
India.
Subject to any remarks that the
High Commissioner for Egypt may have
to offer, Mr. Chamberlain is of
opinion that the G.O.C., Force "D H
should be left to make his own
arrangements as a matter of local
detail. It will, however, be
pointed out to him that the Bureau
at Cairo is the central organ through
which H.M.G. will lay down principles
and policy in respect ofArab
propaganda in the East, and that the
General Staff in Mesopotamia must
therefore work ® trie tty in side//'
conformity with the indications
received from the Bureau.
General Staff’s activity should
further be limited to the area
(outside Persia) of the military
operations
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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