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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' [41v] (82/136)
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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August 16, 1920.
(a.)
drawn provisionally from the countries concerned, later trom the new Middle East
Service. The Department would be much, in the same position as the Department
of Overseas Trade, the head of which is an Under-Secretary at the Foreign Ottioe,
although he has a separate organisation. We can find space lor this estabhs
in the Foreign Office (which I believe no other Department can) by a reduction ot tne
overswollen number of the News Department.
I therefore propose :—
That the new Department be created as from the 1st October next. On
that day it may be mentioned that the Arab Bureau at Cairo, which has
hitherto managed Palestine, the Hedjaz, and Aden, comes to an end.
Palestine has already been taken over by Sir H. Samuel. The Hedjaz
and Aden will revert to London, and will fall naturally to the new
That* if a new Under-Secretary be not appointed to the Department
Mr. Harmsworth, who has time at his disposal for the work, be invited to
That he be given a non-Foreign Office staff, drawn from the countries
concerned. I am in a position to recommend as the head of this start an
officer who has an almost unique experience of the Middle East.
If these proposals are accepted I believe that the new organisation can be started
without difficulty or delay. When it has been tested for a few years, it can either be
expanded into something larger, or be modified, in the light of experience^ ^ ^
(b.)
(c.)
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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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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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