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'Records and papers of the 5 Committees on the Near and Middle East' [52r] (103/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 1917-1920?. 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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Llinutes of Meeting of Persia Committee Mmcli lltli*
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The Persia Committee met in Balfour's Room
on Ivlarch 11th at 4 p,an
All the members were present with the exception of
Lord R. Cecil ani the D.M.I. The C.I.G.S. and Major-
General Cox also attended.
Mr. Balfour read Sir C. Marling's telegrams Nos.
199 -203 which had been received just before the Committee
met.
Lord Curzon pointed out that there were two
questions which required consideration, namely, the purely
military question on the Western frontier and the politi
cal situation. With regard to the former, it was
decided that a Political Officer should eventually be
attached to General Dunsterville in connection with any
political matter that might arise, but it was not
thought necessary that a similar officer should be alloca
ted to General Marshall in view of the possibility that
General Dunsterville would shortly exercise an independent
command. The Military Authorities undertook to
see that His Majesty's Legation in Teheran should in
future be kept more adequately informed of military
details whether emanating from Genera} Mar shall or the
Military Department of the Government of India.
With regard to Sir C. Marling's telegram in which
he suggested that various matters should be cleared up
before he made any announcement to the Persian Government
and-his subsequent telegram in which he advocated immediate
military action, it was decided to inform him to mate a
pronouncement on the subject forthwith. The C.I.G.S.
stated that this winter had been quite exceptional and
that snow around Ramadan still impeded the progress of the
troops
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This file mainly consists of notes and minutes relating to meetings of the Persia Committee between October 1917 and March 1918, covering British policy regarding that country. The file begins with a note by George Curzon, on Foreign Office headed paper, dated 1920 or later, which reads as follows: 'Records and papers of the 5 Committees on the Near and Middle East on which I presided during and after the War, until the creation of a Middle Eastern Department under the Colonial Office.' The note goes on to list the five committees as follows: the Persia Committee, the Mesopotamia Committee (formally known as the Mesopotamian Administration Committee), the Middle East Committee, the Eastern Committee, and the Interdepartmental Conference on the Middle East (Interdepartmental Conference on Middle East Affairs). In fact, as stated above, the enclosed papers relate almost entirely to the Persia Committee.
Also included among the papers are the following: notes by 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. 's Political Department, on the situation in Persia, dated 19 October 1917 (ff 5-9); minutes of an interdepartmental conference held at the Privy Council (over which Curzon presided), dated 31 July 1917 (ff 10-11). In addition, the file contains two items of correspondence: a letter to Curzon from the Secretary of State for India (Joseph Austen Chamberlain), dated 8 June 1917; a copy of a telegram from the Foreign Office to Sir Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 21 February 1918.
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- 1 file (55 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 55; 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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