"ملخص الأوراق الخاصة بنقل التحكم في العمليات في بلاد الرافدين من مكتب الهند إلى مكتب الحرب البريطاني" [و‎‎٧] (١٨/١٣)

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(3) The General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia will send all
reports of operations, states, returns, and requests for additional
units to the Commander-in-Chief in India and will repeat thesp
to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
(3a) The General OflBcer Commanding in Mesopotamia will make recom
mendations for higher appointments to the Commander-in-Chief
in India and will repeat them to the Chief of the Imperial General
nuc - r !• a PP°l ntments be made by the Commander-in-
Chief in India subject to the approval of His Majesty's Govern
ment. J 11
The higher appointments referred to are those down to Divisional Com
manders inclusive and also Senior General Staff Officer.
(4) Demands for drafts to maintain Indian units now in Mesopotamia
and for such war material as is b^ng provided from India will as
hitherto, be made on the Commander-in-Chief in India.
(5) The Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the Commander-in-Chief
in India will, as required, correspond direct in regard to the
• requirements of the force in Mesopotamia, but all questions of
principle or policy likely to affect the military or internal securitv
of India or the political situation in Persia or the Gulf will continue
to be referred by the Commander-in-Chief in India to thp
Viceroy. L c
(6) Copies of all telegrams exchanged with India will be supDhed hv th*
Chief of the Imperial General Staff to the Secretar/of State for
(7) Arrangements in regard to prisoners of war, our sick and wounded
and as to the finances of the campaign will remain as at present. '
(8) All press communiques will be issued through the War Office after
communication with the India Office and telegraphed to theCom-
* The procedure will be the same as that which ^^nder -in -C hief in India
the^l" 3 at present a3 regards c0mrnunicatl0us t0 The question whether thev
shall be republished in India
will then be considered.*
(9) Intelligence obtained in India, which might affect operations will hr
communicated by wire to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
and repeated to the General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia
This action will be reciprocal.
(ic) These foregoing provisions are to make no change in the control nf
the troops in India as at present exercised.
Copy of the above forwarded to :—
The Home Department.
The Finance Department.
The Foreign and Political Department.
The Department of Revenue and Agriculture.
The Department of Commerce and Industry.
The Department of Education.
The Public Works Department.
The Railway Department (Railway Board).
The Financial Adviser, Military Finance.
The Adjutant General in India.
The Quartermaster General in India.
The Director, Medical Services in India,
The Military Secretary to His Excellency the Commander -in-Chief.
The Director-General of Ordnance in India.