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File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments' [152r] (117/135)
The record is made up of 1 item (65 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1919-18 Nov 1920. 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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AI^, further communications on this
subject should be addressed to—
The Secretary,
War Office,
London, S.W.l.
and the following number quoted.
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WAR OFFICE,
LONDON, SW.I.
Telephone : Victoria 9400.
121/3/1546 (D.L.l.a.)
Sir,
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1919
December, 19X9.
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I am commanded by the Army Council to send you the
enclosed copies of a telegram of the 15th September and a
letter of the 10th October, which they have received from
the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamian Expeditionary
Force, on the subject of the purchase of land at Baghdad.
, Two maps (in original) are also enclosed which it is
. requested may be returned with your reply.
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The Council are not in possession of sufficient
&
, data upon which to base any effective criticism of the
estimated cost of purchasing this land, but the prices strike
them as high. They would welcome any suggestions which Mr.
Montagu may be able to offer on this or any other aspect of
the proposal.
As regards the statement that the price will
rapidly increase, I am to enquire whether it is not
possible for the Civil Administration to make arrangements
to enable the occupying Power to acquire land without paying
for the appreciation which results indirectly from the
occupation. In any case it would appear to the Council
unreasonable to pay any price which may have resulted from
speculation in land values.
I am to enquire what are the views of the Secretary
of State with regard to the paragraph in the telegram which
suggests thht the Civil Administration are prepared to
accept the cost of this land as one of their liabilities.
The idea appears to be that if purchase at the present time
is, in the* opinion of the General Officer Commanding, in any
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The Under Secretary 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.
,
S.W.
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This item consists of part seven of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to arrangements for a proposed British military cantonment in the vicinity of Baghdad.
The correspondence discusses the selection and purchase of suitable land, particularly the question of whether the land should be purchased by the British civil administration or by the War Office. Also discussed more generally is the provision of barrack accommodation in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), the Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn in an officiating capacity, succeeded by General James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane), and officials of 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 War Office, and the Treasury.
Included with this part is a plan showing the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad.
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- File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments'
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