File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments' [‎126r] (65/135)

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onoloMd o L^«, 0 !? lan ! # ? by CounoiX to »ena you the
of thP loth OotAhL R !!} c ? r l? of18th and a Irttor
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thp «i5bif ntA? r *fc -xjw dltlouary Force, on
ort^wf) Lf J 8B of IbtuJ at Baghdad. Two Lp» (in
With your rfpiy 180 Bnelo *° 4 it is re'mooted «By be returtied
,,_ 0 „ w>Hnh ®l^ “ 0 '“ 0il «*•« not in pouaeaslon of aaffioi«t data
ol Lroww f>y effeotiye oritioloa of the estimated cost
thia • Un<1 ’ but th * priomn a trite tten m hi#, They
woloodie t, iy auggeationo whioh Sr. ontagu way be able to
otfer on »bl« or any other oapeot of the proposal.
&& regards the that the ariee will rapidly
Iworeaee, I sn to enquire whether It not possible for the
t* vil ^aiilplstratioa to maice arrange Br.ta to enable the oecuriyim?
v’owar to ao quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. land without paying for the appro elation which
raaulfcs* iudiraotly fmm the < 100 Ration. In arty <tm* it would
appear to the dounoil unreasonable to pay any prion which may hare
resulted from npeoulation In Imd tfelUM*;
I am to enpuiro what mm the' views of the Secretary of
tat# with regard to the paragraph in the telegram whioh iugg#«to
th^-t the Civil adnifslatrt tiun are. prepared to accept th& cost of
this land tm one of their liabilities* The Idea appears to be that
If purchase at the present time la. In the opinion of the
General Officer' Commanding, in ai^r oas# liicely to be profitable*
the land Might be purchased forthwith by the Civil Mednlstration,
out of Civil funds and held for future Military or Civil
requirements, or, if at a later date found not to be repaired, then
sold at a profit.
I am to request the favour of a very f»»r ly reply.
1 m,
Sir,
lour obedient Servant,
(Sgd) I*J. Cubitt.
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Th# Under Secretory of State,
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. ,