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File 978/1917 Pt 1 'Mesopotamia: administration; occupation of Baghdad; the proclamation; Sir P Cox's position' [‎71r] (146/402)

The record is made up of 1 volume (195 folios). It was created in 6 May 1917-8 Oct 1919. 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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TELEGRAM FROM VICEROY, DATED 30th JULY 1917.
(Received at 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. 7 a.m. 31st July)
Secret. Mesopotamia. Your telegram of 4th July. We trust
H.M.Government realises that these difficulties have arisen
between Maude and Cox simply through Cox f s desire to carry
out loyally and faithfully policy indicated by H.M.Government.
Events have proved immediate carrying out of that policy is
impossible: and we have no hesitation in regarding Maude’s
arguments ( vide his telegram 2782 of 9th July repeated to
Chief of Iniperial General Staff) as unanswerable. Until
military position in Baghdad Vilayet is completely secured
G.0.0. must obviously concentrate on military problems
untrammeled by controversial political or civil considerations.
We feel sure Maude appreciates enormous value of Cox’s advice
on civil and political questions as much as we do and will be
guided by it so far as military position admits. But we trust
that H.M.Government will agree to drop the proposals put forward
in your telegram under reply so as to leave Maude free from
all extraneous preoccupations until situation clears.
Addressed to, Secretary of State for India repeated to
G.0.C*, Force "D", Cox, Baghdad.

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This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding negotiations and administration, largely between 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and the Government of India, after the occupation of Baghdad (Fall of Baghdad) on 10 March 1917. The negotiations concern the administrative organisation and political control of Mesopotamia, as well as the external and internal boundaries of Iraq (also spelled Irak in the volume).

Related matters of discussion include the following: the text of the Baghdad proclamation; the future administration of the territory by the Foreign Office instead of the Government of India; the regulation of the new territory; the responsibilities of the Chief Political Officer in the new territory; the Turco-Persian frontiers. The correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials. The principal correspondents are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox; Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude; the War Office; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Department, 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. ; the Under-Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy of India; the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; the Government of India.

In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains reports of the War Cabinet's Mesopotamia Administration Committee, as well as the following documents: memoranda on external frontiers and internal boundaries of Iraq (ff 17-18) (ff 20-25); a map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (f 28);

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

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1 volume (195 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 5320 (Mesopotamia Negotiations) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/666-667. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 197; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-195; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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