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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' [50r] (99/136)
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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The Secretary of State for War has circulated General
Haldane l s telegram Z945 of Slst Decembor regarding withdrawal to
tho Basra Vilayet, which should bo read with Sir P, Cox A s telogran
104 S. of EOth December. Prom the latter it will be seen that the
civil and military authorities are agreed that "whereas withdrawal
to line indicated might be possible £ years hence, proposition is
not a practical one for the present purpose"•
General Haldane^ telegram raises some questions of a politi
cal nature as to which I have sent another telegram to Sir Gox
(copy circulated herewith), I will circular© his reply v/non ro-
ceivedo Meanwhile I only want to say j ,-
(1) As I understand. no decision has yet been taken by His
Majes ty T s Government I do net know therefore what it is to which
the Secretary of State for War fears that the authorities on the
spot will offer "a very stubborn resistance". I presume that, until
a policy has been laid down, it is their duty to say what they think
and not what they are wanted to think,
(£) It is tolerably clear that withdrawal to the Basra
Vilayet is inconsistent with the execution of the mandate. I hope
therefore that my colleagues will at onco address themselves to the
question, as one of high policy, whether they are prepared to resign
tho task which, at their own request, has been laid upon them. UnJfril
that question has been answered it is futile to attempt to prepare
military estimates,
(3) If His Majesty^ Government decide that they must
break all their pledges and relinquish the mandate, a further question
arises before estimates can be prepared. General Haldane thinks that
Basra Vilayet can be held with one division, presumably on the
hypothesis which he mentions
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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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- '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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