Papers of the Mesopotamian Administration (later Middle East) Committee [‎37v] (76/80)

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Pcraonally he felt that a iddle pastern Departncnt was
required v;ith a duly constituted secretarial staff and
that pending future re-alioeation of duties this Department
and Staii should be found by the foreign Office.
SIK I SYKES pointed out that in his new position
in the foreign Office it would be difficult for him to
act bot3i as Member of the Committee and as Secretary at
the same time.
^organisation
^f Political
^presentation
n Palestine
nd the
ejaz..
uuxt6Ui; ana LOAD -OEIhiT CECIL agreed but expressed
the viev; thiat Sir - -ark Syl-ces should be responsible for
submitting to the ^embers of the Coi.riittee a Veekly
Surni.iaiy” of the telcgraiis and despatches received on matters
that concerned the Committee by 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. and the „ar Office. The Agenda should roach
l 0Ul: f s 0i tnc Cor ' : ittec not later than Friday evening
together with the nccccsary documents in such a form that
t.ic Committee could consider the points upon which their
Vi f‘ out »«C 088 ariD v/ading through
a ±c.rge series of docuiicnts.
n „ v „ h? KD C H a2 ?^ , su SSestcd that the ..inutos of the
v/Omi.attcc should he given as fully as possible- and should
be composed and circulated in the some manner as t>os*c
v.uch , r. l. Oliphant would remain Secretary.
&nfiL oc Si??:r ation ^
thuaSL^^To^ - ^^.^litical
m • eia^xon in Palestine and
* ei-wi c* i * 1 J:L i 8 *--^*’0 ran dun had been prepared hv r*
-arh Syhos on his recent return fror tariT^t ?
the French Foreign Office Aut^nrifseeing
the irrimo I inistcr f d f 8 at tho rt; <luost of
the latter to"L^’fberslfthe vE^CaM^t^ 0 *
1 cmoranduK stated that whore's’the ■ Cabinet, ^hia
m Palestine and the adjacent Arab territories waf° n +° th
thcso°regions^ ^ ^ KcInSgw^
So.46 S m^iVlogi\oif^i^f^..T t 1 f appcnr trom t(il ^erm
that matters had improved fi ht^f WCr ° ideations
his memorandum had been wri^en hut f > the at ’•Wch
view that if difficulties with the fr'cf oh'w-rft 1 J 101 * 1 thc
clearer instructions were noccssar- f^ bc voided
Government with regard to t-f f i * ' nls osty’s
by G =noral Cloytonfnd the pofief -hief-fw t0 f C 0CCU Pied
, ‘ ^ >-*iCh iic was to carry out y
HARDIJOS read to thc Coi
ittoe a note that^nad
prepared upon the subject of Sir- ._ ar -. -
He agreed with thc euAestion t' = + a fr ^ CB ' cworandum.
cut" made between Palestine -ff- - t i 1Cr . c saould bc » "clear
in lalestinc, General Clavto-' v ' : ' Ut eu <5h' (jSt d that
dent of the Higi-. c^issloner In c^tr * i^-Pon-
act independently as the Phirf raici tjiat he should
Allcnby in Palestine. Political iidvis#r to General