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Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement' [50r] (100/1144)
The record is made up of 1 file (570 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1932-5 Mar 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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14, Apart from this,.we have long-soanding ties with the^
Arab States, and a prcblem on our own nands x. fa^estine.
+.hArpf , nrfi nil' out"of the Question for us bo give lire cl
therefore quite out of tiie question for us oo ^ v
support to the French in.Syria either by force or diplomacy.
To leave them to fight it out with ^ ^ t, ayone ts
their eviction, or the estaolisnment of t^eix powe. y y
both of which spell failure, in tne broaa view.
15, The Alexandria Protocol is. of
:ourse definitely against
a retention by France of her position in n^^rantee
For instance in part 4 of the Protocol the. Arab ^ guaranteo
the "present frontiers of the Lebanon
policy of indengndenoe 0 vThe pomi ox cno_ pnraoe p ^
isf" oF course* that the old lurxisn sanjaq of
Lebanon received under tf- liVor ' r ‘ h considerabl..
dim areas
on its east boundary,
the return
"Greater Syria"
no State snaj.
bo the League seems to be
auui O O.!-UI1S Iji. ."X ^0.0 « |)L’
of which to Syria has long oeen a feature ot tne
plan), Moreover the phrase in the rotooox tnat
a foreign policy prejudicial :o the League
against Franco-Syrian and Franco-Lebanese t
vhp Ar^bs do not need long memories to recoiieco un
t"until the liberation in j.942 that Syria P^p© r
it
f by
was nOL urion uue ij.uuxcioj.wii xxx ~ ^
access to the Mediterranean, bnoii ?~en she was shut .
the republics (south to north) of Lebanon, '.takia and
Alexanaretta (Hatay). m The latter was, ofcourse.micnagai
Arab will restored to,Turkey in 1938: ptnired a sea-
Latakia was merged witn Syria thathe latter acquired a
board.
ourselves nave
to
take the
Arab
16. We shall y of course^ r -x - -- ^ ,
Federation very seriously into account e f
terminate our own manaate m Palestine,- . The^ nit a np
terminate our own manaaoe jlu jtciiudc --- +n Vi^
1959 laid down a ten-year penoo in which Palestine was to be
prepared for self-government - tnis self-government only t ,
—Nation with the Palestinian people, the
neigh bouring.JtraO-SXaA&a*.. Protocol
^fr^fir© important. It draws (part
•elief of refugee European Jews,
White Paper pledges as acquired
i ii -v i * _ X X ~ 4- U
s
5)
withheld after consultati
League of Nations and ^ _ ^ ^
remarks on Palestine ere thcruiore imporoanuc
a sharp distinction between re
and Zionism. It defines the % -- x
rights for the Arabs’, and states thau tne r j-oh o3 ^
Palestinian Arabs ,: carmot be affected wi^hou^ dang
peace and stability of the world", Lde ^t
the stale old rouna of controversy over the settlement ^aae .,t
the end of the last war is left behind. It, even spares so a j
a target as the very special pleading, last repeated in tne
T/hite'Taper, that the famous ^’excep^ion in the. Maafahon
correspondence of "districts west of Damascus, nama, ( ixoms and
Aleppo”* from the area of Arab independence included v.. - land
west of the Jordan - roughly south-south-west even from
Damascus, let alone Aleppo1
17, Now that we have intervened with c armed force in the
affairs of the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
, it seems that the only possible way to
discharge our oledge to the Arabs, while not prejudicing
whatever clans may be afoot for Anglo-lrench co-operation m
Western Furope, would bo to call a council of France and our
selves, with tne Arab States involved, to settle conditions
for the termination of both the i 1 rsncn anq. Oxie British
mandates - (whether at once or over a period;, ana to ensure
the signature of treaties between ‘ohe cwo European nations and
the Arabs covering the former's s'-" -"
bases, pipelines, air routes) ana
rategic interests (naval
rights of minor!tiei
l V->
Ou U
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This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the original Arabic expression, which would be more accurately represented by the words 'unification' or 'unity'.
Significant subjects of discussion include:
- Arab party politics in Palestine.
- Iraqi-Egyptian relations.
- Italian propaganda in the Middle East.
- The future of Palestine.
- Britain's post-war policy in the Middle East.
- Whether the Arab states should be induced to make a wartime declaration in favour of the democracies (i.e. the Allies).
- The formation of the Arab League (also referred to as the Arab Federation in the correspondence).
- Details of the Pact (also referred to as Covenant) of the Arab League, signed in Cairo on 22 March 1945.
- Whether representatives of the Arab League should be present at the Palestine Conference in London, in 1947, in addition to representatives of Arab states.
Notable correspondents include the following: 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the High Commissioner for Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad; the High Commissioner for Egypt; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo; the High Commissioner for Palestine; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Minister of State in the Middle East; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, 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. , the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. 's External Affairs Department; Noury Said [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd], Prime Minister of Iraq; George Antonius, Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat.
Also included with the correspondence are the following:
- Extracts from Palestine police summaries dating from 1933 to 1936, produced by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Jerusalem.
- A printed copy of a paper on Arab federation by the Foreign Research and Press Service, dated 20 June 1941.
- Copies of documents produced by the War Cabinet's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East (also referred to as the Middle East (Official) Committee), including minutes of meetings (1941-1942) and a copy of a report on Arab Federation, dated January 1942.
- A copy (in French) of the Protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress, dated 7 October 1944.
- Copies of the Pact/Covenant of the recently formed Arab League (consisting of a printed copy in French, distributed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an English translation of the full Arabic text, which includes a passage that was omitted from the French version).
The French material consists of the aforementioned Protocol and Arab League Pact, plus one item of correspondence and a copy of a newspaper extract.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (570 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 571; 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. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 9r:24v, 27r:59v, 61r:62v, 73r:78v, 82r:93v, 95r:103v, 105r:106v, 111r:111v, 113r:115v, 118r:120v, 122r:132v, 134r:152v, 158r:199v, 201r:265v, 273r:354v, 356r:381v, 384r:394v, 398r:407v, 410r:516v, 518r:565v, 567r:571v, back
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