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Middle East Committee and Eastern Committee [7r] (13/42)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1918-31 Dec 1918. 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'<ib neighbours. He thought tli£tt AI. Sokolot could lephict'
Dr. Weizmann, at any rate temporarily, as Head of the Oommission,
and that it might be desirable that M. Sokolof should see King
Hussein at Jeddah. . .
r L 1 he Committee agreed to the departure of the Commission as
soon as the military situation permitted, and arrangements could be
made for their journey, and instructed Sir Mark Sykes _ to
communicate with the Zionist leaders as to the desirability of sending
a representative in advance to Palestine, to help in dealing with the
present situation.
Reorganisation of 3. The Committee had before them a memorandum by Captain
the Arab Bureau. Lloyd (M.E.C. 47) in regard to the reorganisation of the Arab
Bureau. ,
Lord Hardinge pointed out that Captain Lloyd s proposal ran
counter to the accepted policy of the Committee, which had been
accepted by Sir Reginald Wingate. .
The Committee decided to adhere to their previous decision.
Propaganda. 4. The Secretary read to the Committee a letter from
Colonel Buchan, intimating that Mr. Philip (xibbs could not be
spared for propaganda work in Palestine, and suggesting that
Mr. Harold Begbie should be selected in his place.
The Committee approved of Colonel Buchan s suggestion.
Trench Activities
in Palestine.
5. Sir Mark Sykes informed the Committee that he had had
further conversations during tiie past week with M. Gout b* Earis,
in regard to the position of M. Picot. The claim put forward by t e
French had its origin in the right which they had enjoyed under t le
Ottoman Empire "since the sixteenth century, of protecting Latin
Christians of different nationalities in the Ottoman Empire. A good
deal of the friction which had recently arisen between M. Picot an
the Italians had been due to this claim. He thought that it would
be possible for us to arrive at a formula which the French wou
accept, and read to the Committee a draft embodying such a
formula. „ ,
The Committee decided that the matter was one tor the
Foreign Office to deal with depart mentally.
2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.,
February 2, 1918.
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This file relates to two War Cabinet committees: the Middle East Committee (originally named the Mesopotamian Administration Committee), and the Eastern Committee, both chaired by George Curzon.
The first half of the file consists almost entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the Middle East Committee, dated 19 January, 26 January, 2 February, and 18 February 1918 respectively (ff 2-9). The main topics of discussion in these minutes are British policy in Palestine and future British policy in Mesopotamia.
The second half of the file contains correspondence received by Curzon regarding the workings of the Eastern Committee, which inherited the responsibilities of the Middle East Committee (ff 10-21). The correspondents are as follows: Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, War Cabinet; Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India; Robert Cecil, Foreign Office. The letters discuss the dissemination of the committee's minutes among military representatives, the frequency and attendees of committee meetings, and whether the committee should be severed from the War Cabinet and absorbed by the Foreign Office's recently created Middle East Department. One letter touches on Anglo-Persian relations.
Also included is a note by Curzon, dated 27 October 1918, regarding a memorandum from the advisory committee of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department (ff 17-18).
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- 1 file (21 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 final folio with 21; 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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