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Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee [8r] (15/544)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 13 Mar 1918-7 Jan 1919. 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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Printed for the War Cabinet. April 1918.
SECRET.
E.C. 2nd Minutes.
WAR CABINET.
EASTERN COMMITTEE.
Minute* of a Meeting of the Eastern Committee held in Lord Curzons Boom at the
Privy Council Office on Friday, April 5, 1918, at 3 r.M.
Present:
The Right Hon. the Earl Curzox of Kedleston, K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.
(m the Chair).
Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. J. C.
Smuts, K.C.
The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, O.M., M.P.,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Cecil, K.C.,
M.P., Minister of Blockade.
The Right Hon. Lord Islington,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
,
D.S.O., Under-Secretary of State for
India.
Major-General Sir G. M. \\. Macdonogh,
K.C.M.G., C.B., Director of Military-
Intelligence.
Sir Mark Sykes, Bart., M.P. (for Minutes
1 and 2).
Mr. L. Oliphant, C.M.G.
Mr. J. E. Shuckp.urgh.
The following were also present :
Sir R. Graham, K.C.M.G., C.B., Foreign Office.
Mr. Dudley Ward, Treasury.
Captain E. Abraham, Secretary.
Circulation of 1. AT the outset, General Macdonogh requested that the
Agenda. Agenda and relevant papers should be circulated at such time
before the meeting that members should have at least twenty-four
hours to consider them.
The Chairman explained that, as telegrams arrived daily at
frequent intervals, he had thought it better to arrange for the issue
of the Agenda so as to include the latest possible information.
It was agreed, however, that the Secretary should issue the
papers twenty-four hours before the time of meeting. Should
important despatches arrive in the? interval, a supplementary
circulation should, if possible, be arranged.
Action in respect 2. General Macdonogh further requested that Item 3 on the
to Emir Faisal. Agenda should be postponed as there had not been time to consider
the problems raised in telegram No. 1055 from General Clayton
(E.C. 66).
Sir Mark Sykes concurred, and it was agreed that the Depart
ments concerned should inform the Secretary when they were ready
for the question to be discussed.
[365—1]
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This file is composed of papers produced by the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee, which was chaired by George Curzon for most of its existence. The file contains a complete set of printed minutes, beginning with the committee's first meeting on 28 March 1918, and concluding with its final meeting on 7 January 1919 (ff 6-214 and ff 227-272).
The file begins with two copies of a memorandum by Curzon, dated 13 March 1918, proposing the formation of the Eastern Committee. This is followed by a memorandum by Arthur James Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, approving Curzon's proposal, and a copy of a procedure for the newly created committee, outlining arrangements for committee meetings and the dissemination of information to committee members.
Also included is a set of resolutions, passed by the committee in December 1918, in order to guide British representatives at the Paris Peace conference (ff 216-225). The resolutions cover the following: the Caucasus and Armenia; Syria; Palestine; Hejaz and Arabia; Mesopotamia, Mosul, Baghdad and Basra. They are preceded by a handwritten note written by Curzon 'some years later', which remarks on how they are a 'rather remarkable forecast of the bulk of the results since obtained.'
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- 1 file (272 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 272; 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.
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- Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee
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- 1r:214v, 216r:272v
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