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File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy' [233r] (474/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 30 May 1917-11 Dec 1918. It was written in English, French and Italian. 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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[87247]
(becret.)
Your Excellency,
Sir Edward Grey to M. Cambon
Foreign Office, May 16, 1916.
1 HAY E the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s note of the
9th instant, stating that the French Government accept the limits of a future Arab
State, or C onfederation of States, and of those parts of Syria where French interests
predominate, together with certain conditions attached thereto, such as they result
interests, but, since His Majesty’s Government recognise the advantage to the general
cause of the Allies entailed in producing a more favourable internal political situation
in Turkey, they are ready !o accept the arrangement now arrived at, provided that the
obtain the towns of Homs, Hama, Damascus, and Aleppo.
It is accordingly understood between the French and British Governments—
1. That France and Great Britain are prepared to recognise and uphold an
independent Arab State or a Confederation of Arab States in the areas (a) and (b)
marked on the annexed map, under the suzerainty of an Arab chief. That in area
(a) France, and in area (b) Great Britain, shall have priority of right of enterprise and
local loans. That in area (a) France, and in area (b) Great Britain, shall alone supply
advisers or foreign functionaries at the request of the Arab State or Confederation of
Arab States.
2 . That in the blue area France, and in the red area Great Britain, shall be
allowed to establish such direct or indirect administration or control as they desire and
as they may think fit to arrange with the Arab State or Confederation of Arab States.
3. That in the brown area there shall be established an international
administration, the form of which is to be decided upon after consultation with Russia,
and subsequently in consultation with the other Allies, and the representatives of the
Shereef of Mecca.
4. That Great Britain be accorded (1) the ports of Haifa and Acre, (2) guarantee
of a given supply of water from the Tigris and Euphrates in area (a) for area ( 6 ).
His Majesty’s Government, on their part, undertake that they will at no time enter into
negotiations for the cession of Cyprus to any third Power without the previous consent
of the French Government.
/>. That Alexandretta shall be a free port as regards the trade of the British
TT,mr>irP and that there shall be no discrimination in port charges or facilities as
from recent discussions in London and Petrograd on the subject.
I have the honour to inform your Excellency in reply that the acceptance of the
whole project, as it now stands, will involve the abdication of considerable British
co-operation of the Arabs is secured, and that the Arabs fulfil the conditions and
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- Content
The volume contains papers largely relating to French policy in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Arabia, and Anglo-French relations concerning the region. It includes papers relating to the following:
- The French mission being sent to the Hedjaz under Mustapha Cherchali.
- The French Military Mission in the Hedjaz.
- The British desire for French recognition of British predominance in the region.
- The Sykes-Picot Mission.
- The recommendations of HM High Commissioner, Egypt, on future British policy in Arabia.
- The desire of the French government to send the equivalent in gold of 975,000 francs to the King of the Hedjaz.
- The question of a revised agreement between Britain and France regarding Arabia and the Hedjaz.
- The activities of a French agent at Mecca, Mahomet Bin Sasi.
The volume also includes papers relating to the policy to be adopted by Britain towards Italian ‘pretentions’ in Arabia.
The papers mostly consist of: correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office, with enclosures including correspondence between the Foreign Office and the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom; copy correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir Reginald Wingate, HM High Commissioner, Egypt, sent to 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. by the Foreign Office; 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. Minute Papers; and other correspondence and papers. Some of the papers are in French, and there is also a copy of a newspaper cutting in Italian.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (243 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3372 (Pt 1 Arab Revolt, and Pt 2 Arabia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/615-616. The volumes are divided into two parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, and part 2 comprising the second volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 243; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- File 3372/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: French and Italian policy'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:20v, 24r:26v, 33r:71v, 73r:75v, 79r:102v, 104r:104v, 106r:133v, 137r:200v, 202r:211v, 223r:228v, 231r:231v, 233r:234v, 236r:236v, 237v:243v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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