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Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’ [29r] (58/191)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943. 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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SECRET
Telogram from Vtoerogr to wr^tary of
State for India dated 28th June 1941.
msaATB^esj^
Personal. Tour personal telegra- Ho» 727 26th June*
Bertram Yhcraas.
2. This appointment is hound up with whole question
of political control end authority retpcnaihle ftik/yV'
appointment of political and liaison officers *• see ^ ^
Baghdad telegrams 621 20th June and 655 24th June.
5. Mbleeworth Ifeputy C.G.3. from India had
instructions to endeavour to sort out all these questions
in course of (?his) ( ?pres«nt) visit to Bcq^hdad, and until
reaponcUilities and functions of various (^authorities)
and organisations are defined, it is not possible fbr us
to make any proposals for personnel in Iraq. (? Jur)
suggestion that Hay he appointed Uhief liaison Officer
has been discussed hy Quinan with tiomwallis, and we have
been asked to hold it in abeyance.
4. Meanwhile I am anxious that absence of rejoinder
from here should hot be taken to imply consent to
appointments or to organisation proposed.
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The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intelligence duties in Iraq.
The papers largely consist of the following correspondence:
- Correspondence between 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. and the Viceroy of India, the Government of India External Affairs Department and Defence Department, and the War Office.
- 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. internal notes.
- Copy correspondence between the War Office, the Commander-in-Chief of India, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East.
- Copy correspondence between the HM Ambassador to Iraq at Baghdad (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), and the Foreign Office (including a letter to Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (92 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2899
- Title
- Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1Ar, 2r:94v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence