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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' [67r] (133/136)
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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of reductions under all or any of these heads on the basis of (a) the two division
standard, (o) the one division standard plus ancillaries in both cases. You will
icrene a luither telegram on this subjects from troopers.
Prom (teneral Haldane, Baglulad, to Secretary of State,
2nd Febritanj 1921.
(dear the line.
Your 876()3, 27th.
1. 1 assume the following conditions in my reply below: —
(a) Jdiat decision to evacuate country, with the exception of Basrah, will be
communicated to me before the end of March so that all surplus
munitions, stores, &e., and refugees can be cleared before the (? final)
movement of troops begins.
b ] I hat peace conditions, external and internal, will prevail.
1. I he limiting factors in respect to speedy movement are the (? traffic) capacity
ol the various means of transporting troops. These areRailway, Shergat to
Baghdad. Railway, Kingarban to Baghdad. Railway, Baghdad to (? Kut-el-Amara).
n ei, Jvut-el-Amara to Basrah. I he first three (? may be) ignored as the
factor is the fourth.
ruling
i the Inland M ater 1 ransport will have been reduced to a fleet capable
of delivering (100 tons daily. With this fleet the movement of the force down river
will take months.
^ movement of troops from Mosul and Kirkuk be begun on 1st September
the withdrawal could be completed by the end of February.
5 If conditions permit of use of the Baghdad-Basrah Railway and the Disposals
.Board have not sold out of country the vessels now being handed over to them, the
speed of withdrawal could be increased slightly and the movement completed by end
of January.
j ho Baghdad-Basrah Railway however cannot be used without risk which it
would not be justifiable to accept.
17 From Secretary of State to High Commissioner, Baghdad, 1th February 1921.
1 eisonal and secret. Many thanks for your 273 S. 1 quite understand vour
position and sympathise with it. Position here is also very difficult.
18
From Secretary of State to High Commissioner, Baghdad,
1th February 1921.
Clear the line.
No. 81. Personal and Secret. The questions at issue cannot be settled by
inteichange of telegrams. I cannot, in view of approaching Imperial Conference, find
time to visit Mesopotamia. 1 propose therefore a conference in Egypt beginnino -
dm mg hist oi second week of March. A light cruiser can bring you from Basra to
Suez in approximately seven days. Conference would take a week. You could
therefore be back in Mesopotamia after absence of less than a month. 1 should wish
you to bring with you Ceneral Haldane and General Ironside, also your chief financial
adviser. I shall be accompanied by principal officers of new Middle Eastern
Department of Colonial Office.
Mam questions to be settled are following:—First, the new ruler. Second, future
size, character and organisation of the future garrison. Third, the time-table of
ieduction fiom piesent strength to that garrison, fourth, total amount of the °Tant-
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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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