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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [213r] (335/384)
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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CQPX
v
V
/
(W. Secret
Foreign Office,
February 4th, 1916
,
*■
I am directed, by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter, C.I.D. No.
408 of the 20th ultimo, enclosing the Report of the
Inter-Departmental Conference recently held to con
sider the question of the establishment of an Arab
Bureau in Cairo.
I am to state in reply that Sir E. Grey is pre
pared to accept the proposals embodied in this Report
subject to the following amendment in paragraph 2,
namely, that for the words M and to keep the Foreign
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.
, the Committee of Imperial
Defence &c. simultaneously informed" should be read
the words "and to keep the Foreign Office and through
it 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 Committee of Imperial De
fence &c. simultaneously informed".
Sir E. Grey attaches great importance to the ac
ceptance of this amendment for the purposes of proper
ordination, and, subject to its acceptance, he will
be prepared to depute a member of this Office to act
as Representative of the Bureau in London in conjunc
tion with the’News Department’ of this Office.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the In
dia office, Admiralty, War Office and Director of Mi
litary Intelligence.
lam, &c.,
(Sd.) W. LANGLEY.
-ary
,tee of Imperial Defence.
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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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