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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' [20r] (39/136)
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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MIDDLE EASTERN
Dear ?rlBie
V/e the undersigned members of Parliament and other
interested in the Middle East respectfully ask you whether
you would be willing to receive us at any time convenient
to yourself in order that we may lay before you our carefully
considered views on the question of the formation of a new
ministry and department for the control and direction of
British responsibilities in the Middle East#
Ve feel that the present arrangement whereby Mesopotamia,
Central and Southern Arabia, and Aden are under the control
and direction of 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.
, while ^gypt, Palestine,
the Soudan and delations with the Sherifial family of Mecca
are under the Foreign Office, and Cyprus and British Somaliland
are Under the Colonial Office, has resulted and will, if it
is allowed to continue, result in conflicts of policy,
misunderstandings, delays and avoidable expense.
Further we feel that no one of these three existing
departments is qualified either in organisation or personnel
to discharge the new and onerous tasks with which we are
confronted not only by the assumption of Trusteeship under
the League of Nations for the new states of Mesopotamia and
Palestine but also by the necessity of initiating a new policy
in Egypt and in our future relations with the various independ
ent or serai-independent States in the Middle Eastern Area.
In our ooinion the application of Indian Methods and
... 9 • .
imposition of
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.
control In Mesopotamia can only
result in the creation of serious political embarrassment
In the whole Arabic-speaking world and in the establishment
of a/
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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
- Title
- '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'
- Pages
- 1r:2v, 5r:39v, 41r:68v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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