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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' [48r] (95/136)
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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C.P. 2359.
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I?oto by the Secrotaiy cf St?ito for foreign
Affaire;..
I have soon the lie to by i.Ir„ ilcntagu da ted Pooonbor 24th
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in which ho questions tho Stato-.nont nude in VJ^r Offico tclogrjia
87319 of Dcccmbor 23rd. to G.O-C. Baghdad that ^ Tho Cabinet ^ro
anxious to redueo oxoandituro in llosovotaiaia by withdrawal to a
position coy .ring Basra at the earliest possible mcnant".
Mr. Montagu says he is not av/aro ex' any such dooisicn,.
Neither aoi I,
But I cbjoct, if possible, even nore to tho succeeding
sentence in tho sumo telegram
«It is understood that the Cabinet regard tho necessity
for the early reduetxon of exponditiiro by the v;itlidrav/ul of
military forces as entirely overruling any considerations for
the internal securitj* of tho country after cur troops navo loft:
and tailing this for the moment as your oasis of calculation the
time required for organising local forces in tho evacuated area
need not be talien into consideration by you 17 .
I road those remarks with muz orient, because I could
neither imagine the Cabinet arriving at any such nocisi on, nci
could I in the Minutes of any Hooting, either ex Cabinet, Conxor.r?.
once or Committee, find tho smallest trace jj. it. On the
contrary the Minutes of the finance Comittoo (which I was unable
that
to attend) in corded //ithout pr.^udic j to U.e eventual
Gsbin t docicicn on the political questions involved TT a
Memorandum should bo pro pared by tho Soorotury of State for v far,
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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
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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