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'Records and papers of the 5 Committees on the Near and Middle East' [6r] (11/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 1917-1920?. 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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as ths result of th#» dianf:# of policy
!«sntionsd abo?#. To sscurs this objsct
thsy sums*tad that w# .ihould a/Tas to th*
tores placsd uiidsr ths com and of a
Persian Ckmsral "witli compst^nt British
officers as adviaprs*;
(c) iaprorsmsnt of com umcationa. Bpscial
ru»renew was ..iads to th^* Delbandin**
! irja^i railway wxtsnaion ajid ths
i/aprovst/jent of uhe Biuidsr Ab as -Ksrmaxi
. road, ooth of which projs uj»cs
b en smeti ned, by is ajasu/'s
k)T#mra^nt #
In conclusion Uie overnraant of India expressed tns
visw that the time had arrived "to rerard Persia as a war area
in which all action arid policy should be coordinated under
direct control of the /ar Cabinet?
(2) dir C. Marling was asked for his considered views on
these prope#**a« He replied (4th uctober ) recoamnding Uiat
we should "work on Uie lines sketched by the Ccvernsent ofjndi
%
but poiiited out that the existing Persian cabinet was
tottering, and that we should nave a better chance of success
if it could be replaced by a .more friendly rdraiiii at ration under
Voasu o-ed-Uowleh (who WO rrime inioter whan the "August
.t reeiflen^f was concl ded}* Hs added a warning that iio It
active assistance was to be expected from sny Persian Cabinet
but considered that the return to power of a strong and
friendly loinistry would bring us cert tin advantages, viz:*
*we shall not be hampered in my steps we <iay find it necessary
"to take and may often get unof icial as istance and
countenance, wiiereas with a weaker or unfriendly combination
we should meet with constant obstructi n and even oorert
op osition*.
oince this t< ie ram was sent the Persian in is try
has actually fallen.
3. during the last few weeks the agitation * inat the
South P rsia Rifles has increased in vigour; On the 12th
October
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This file mainly consists of notes and minutes relating to meetings of the Persia Committee between October 1917 and March 1918, covering British policy regarding that country. The file begins with a note by George Curzon, on Foreign Office headed paper, dated 1920 or later, which reads as follows: 'Records and papers of the 5 Committees on the Near and Middle East on which I presided during and after the War, until the creation of a Middle Eastern Department under the Colonial Office.' The note goes on to list the five committees as follows: the Persia Committee, the Mesopotamia Committee (formally known as the Mesopotamian Administration Committee), the Middle East Committee, the Eastern Committee, and the Interdepartmental Conference on the Middle East (Interdepartmental Conference on Middle East Affairs). In fact, as stated above, the enclosed papers relate almost entirely to the Persia Committee.
Also included among the papers are the following: notes by 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. 's Political Department, on the situation in Persia, dated 19 October 1917 (ff 5-9); minutes of an interdepartmental conference held at the Privy Council (over which Curzon presided), dated 31 July 1917 (ff 10-11). In addition, the file contains two items of correspondence: a letter to Curzon from the Secretary of State for India (Joseph Austen Chamberlain), dated 8 June 1917; a copy of a telegram from the Foreign Office to Sir Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 21 February 1918.
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- 1 file (55 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 55; 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.
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- 'Records and papers of the 5 Committees on the Near and Middle East'
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- 1r:55v
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