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'Papers relating to transfer of Middle Eastern Affairs to the Colonial Office and creation of a new Department there, 1920-1921, with Cabinet notes of Milner, Montague, Churchill, self, and others' [5r] (9/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 1 May 1920-10 Feb 1921. 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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maps which have been specially prepared.
1 he first paper is a note which I have written on the general policy and to it is
attached a map showing i the present disposition of the troops in Mesopotamia and the
cost of each garrison.
1 he second paper is a general account by Sir Hugh Trenchard of his scheme for Air
Force control, with a map illustrating it.
The third and fourth papers are a Minute by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
covering a Memorandum by the General Staff on the present position. It will be seen
that, so far from favouring any reduction while the province is held or developed on
present lines, the General Staff consider that our forces there are deficient in many
respects. I have asked the General Staff to prepare an additional paper, which I shall
circulate shortly, on a proposal to withdraw our garrisons immediately at all points to
the various railheads where it is so much easier and much cheaper to feed'them, and
where they can so rapidly reinforce each other reciprocally. Beyond the railheads, on
this basis, there would only be political influence.
I ask for the following decisions in principle at as early a date as possible:—
(!•) The transfer of Mesopotamia, and, if possible, of the Mandated Territories, to the
Colonial Office.
(2.) Ihe fixing of a Grant-in-Aid for each by agreement between the Treasury and
the Colonial Office.
(3.) The transference of the military responsibility for maintaining order in
Mesopotamia to the Air Ministry as soon as satisfactory arrangements can
be made.
(4.) The immediate contraction of our present area of occupation in Mesopotamia-
no large garrison being kept at a great distance from the railheads. All the
troops left over by this process to be sent home here, or to India, at once.
It is recognized that if these decisions in principle are taken, a period of several
months—in some cases of many months—must elapse before they could be rendered fully
effective; but unless and until the decisions in principle are given, no effective progress
can be made towards a curtailment of our responsibilities and our expenditure.
w. s. c.
(B20/231) 100 5/20 HAS 8222wo
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The file contains correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and reports concerning the administration of Mesopotamia and other Middle Eastern territories and the transfer of responsibility for Middle Eastern Affairs to a new department within the Colonial Office. Authors and correspondents include Curzon himself, members of the Cabinet, officials from 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Air Staff, Imperial General Staff, and High Commission in Baghdad.
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- 1 file (68 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back.
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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 68; 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 1-68; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Mss Eur F112/281
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- 'Papers relating to transfer of Middle Eastern Affairs to the Colonial Office and creation of a new Department there, 1920-1921, with Cabinet notes of Milner, Montague, Churchill, self, and others'
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- 1r:2v, 5r:39v, 41r:68v
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