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Middle East Committee and Eastern Committee [12r] (23/42)
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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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.
,
Whitehall, S.W.l.
8th July, 1918.
My dear Curzon,
I don't want to be a nuisance to you
and I feel very often that the strong opinions which I
hold and with which you sometimes do not agree make me a
nuisance to you on your Committee, but I am bound to tell
you in all friendship and sincerity that it seems to me
that your position is being challenged by Marling. Of
course Marling does not know with what care and with what
great demands upon your time you drafted the telegram to
him asking him to take certain measures with a view to
securing a friendly Cabinet in Persia. But he dismisses
all your arguments in telegrams we discussed last week
with a single spatchcock sentence that concessions would
not be any use in the middle of a series of whines. Now
if he really has given serious consideration to your
proposals which he sums up in the word 1 concessions, 1
I with the greatest po sible respect differ from him.
Vossugh is available and wants backing. Vossugh is on
the verge of bringing off a coup d'etat. It seems to
me ridiculous to say that if Vossugh knew that vie might
hand
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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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- Mss Eur F112/273
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- Middle East Committee and Eastern Committee
- Pages
- 1r:21v
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