File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎190r] (376/481)

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The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
P ± Cairo.
( After customary greetings ) J
e nave received witft great pleasure and satis-
faction your letter of tile 25wh Safar (1st January)
at the hands of your trusty messenger who has also
transmitted to us your verbal nescares •
•*e fully realize and entirely appreciate the
motives which guide you in this important Question
and we know well that you are acting entirely in t
the interests of the Arab peoples and with no
thought beyond their welfare .
'Iq take note of your remarks concerning the
Vilayet* of dagdad and will take the question into
careful consideration '*hen tne enemy has been de
feated and the time for peaceful settlements arrives.
,-s regards the Northern parte we note •••luh ^r
satisfaction your desire to avoid anything which
might possibly injure the Alliance of dre it Britain
and Yance. It is as you know t our fixed determin
ation that nothing shall be permitted to interfere to.
in the slightest degree with our united prosecution
of this >a.r to a victorious conclusion • oreover
when the victory has oeen won, the friendship of
and enduring, cemented oy the blood of nrTlshmen
and Frenchmen who have died side by side fighting
Great Britain and Prance will become yet more firm
for the Cause of Ight and Liberty .
In this great Cause Arabia is now associated