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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [209r] (327/384)
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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Foreign Office
February 17
1916
No. 2,2. S'tutf.
Sir
I transmit to you, herewith, a copy of the Report
of an Interdepartmental Conference held recently to
consider the Question of the establishment of an Arab
Bureau in Cairo. Copies of letters exchanged with the
Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence and of
a telegram communicated to me by the Director of
Military Intelligence, Rar Office, on the subject are
also enclosed herein.
I have to request that you will draw up, in
consultation with Colonel Clayton the necessary details
of the scheme in accordance with the Committee's recom
mendations, which, as you will observe, have purposely
been confined to a general outline in order that local
conditions and desiderata may be taken into considera
tion on the spot.
In view of the fact, to which 1 attach She
greatest importance, that this Department will alone
be responsible for the dissemination of all information
received from you, I shall be glad if you will give
categorical instructions that all reports emanating from
the
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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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