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'MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF BAGHDADI OFFICERS & FAMILIES FROM SYRIA' [55r] (120/325)
The record is made up of 1 item (159 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1920-19 Sep 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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11 1 ro L ,vo 11 r i)e.j:.x i; ie o t .:id t ; t ?$. . I rid ia Oj.fice in
relation to the case, no ci;tailed information
has,been famished to Them on the xollowing
i 1 1 1 , poi its
(1} The number of persons {officers and
their families} who have been expelled from
Sjria.
(*., ) The number of persons (officers and
families) who have been threatened with expulsion
from Bjria.
(^) The reasons for their expulsion, actual
or proposed.
(4) The details and totals oi the cost (a)
already incurred, (b) proposed to be incurred.
(5) The possibility of further eomiuitreats
io resaect o. ( . kesopotaMian officers who have not
bmn expellee , or threateaec with expulsion iron Syria,
but who may cl-dm repatriation to Mesopotamia.
Tiie information furnished by telegram only is
nr cess rily iipperfecf, and my Lords would have expected
that, io the last three months steps would have been
t rica to obtain in writing lull particulars as least as
to the numbers involved and t-e cost of the proposals.
That
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This part of the volume is concerned with the repatriation expenses of Mesopotamian [Iraqi] officers expelled from Syria, and their families [based in Damascus, Beirut and Jerusalem] who are unable to make their own arrangement to return to Iraq. In particular, it is concerned with: the number of the expelled officers; the number of those threatened with expulsion; the reasons for their expulsion; the total costs incurred or proposed to be incurred; discussion of whether the French authorities will share in the expense of the repatriation; and discussion of whether the British Government will pay for the return from the military, imperial or Mesopotamia funds.
Also discussed are: the question of which route to use for the repatriation of the officers; the number and identity of those receiving free passages; the news of certain officers writing letters to those returning to Iraq urging them to refuse service under the British Mandate; and the news that some of the Iraqi officers left in Syria have joined the Turkish army against the French.
The principal correspondents are: the Colonial Office, Downing Street; the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the High Commissioner, Egypt; the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Under Secretary of State, 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. ; the War Office; Noury Said [Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Said]; the Army Council; the British Ambassador, Rome; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden; the General Headquarters, Egypt; and the Treasury Chambers.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:33v, 36r:133v, 135r:142v, 144r:154v, 156r:156v
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