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File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations' [178r] (35/44)
The record is made up of 1 item (18 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1919-12 Apr 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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In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
no. 158769A:-E/44A.
and address,
but to-
not to any person by name,
“ The Under-Secretary of State ”
« Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
Sir: -
jA . h
Foeeisn Office.
•nber / 2 - ,1919.
/
/
I am directed by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Aifairs to acknowledge the receipt of your
u ^ i 1:0 • E. 7653 of the 4th instant having reference
00 ujie arrival of a hr. Gedge in hesopotamia for
one purpose 01 investigating the agricultural con
ditions and possibilities of that country with a
view go applying, eventually, for a concession for
the development of land.
reply, 1 an to state that while Lord
Curzon -i.ully appreciates tne circumstances in which
i r. Ledge’s visit to Mesopotamia was undertaken the
Secretary of State for India will no doubt realise,
tnat in view of the American attitude in regard to
investigations in Occupied Enemy Territory as snown
in the recent correspondence exchanged with the
United States Ambassador, a copy of which was
forwarded/
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.
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. DEC 1 S13 )
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This item consists of part six 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 possible land development.
The part contains correspondence discussing the visit to Mesopotamia of Mr E Gedge, representative of both the East Africa Lands and Development Company and Fanti Consolidated Mines Limited, and his investigation of the area's agricultural conditions, with a view to applying for a grant of concession for land development.
Correspondents include the aforementioned Mr Gedge, the Acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), and 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. and the Foreign Office.
Also included is a sketch map of the area for which Mr Gedge requests a grant of concession.
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- File 4613/1919 Pt 6 'Mesopotamia:- Land Policy. Mr. Gedge's investigations'
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- 161r:164v, 168r:172v, 175r:182v
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