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Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee [2r] (3/544)
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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THIS BOCUIGK? IS gHJii HiOPS^TY 0? HI3 BRITiuil.IC LUJjS'i'Y'a GOVaRMtEIJT.
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S 3 C R g T.
G.T.-3905.
TTAR CABIK3T.
TH3 EAST3RM C0MITT3g.
Memorandum by Lord Curzon.
fPrepared In ac6ordanoe with " f ar Cabinet
M
>37mn’
36^^ilnute 20).
+ 1 ** mPit* Cabinet on March 11th accepted the suggestion of
the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (G.T.3834) that the
three Committees now dealing with the questions of
the Middle East and contiguous regions, should be co-ordinated
and that a single Committee to be called ME EASTERN COMMITTEE
should be formed under the Chairmanship of a far Cabinet Minister
to dig cues and taJie action upon all these matters, subject to the*
final authority of the v /ar Cabinet.
The Prime Minister ashed me to draft the outline of such o
6 0n9ID9 ^
Aa to the composition of the Committee, it appears
that the full Members, following- the lines of other V/ar
Committees, should be the following:-
to me
Cabinet
The Chairman,
The Secretary of State for Poreign Affairs, or hie Deputy.
The Secretary of State for India, y
The Chief of the Imperial General Staff,
A War Cabinet Secretary.
Each of the Members, other than the Chairman and Secretary,
at liberty to bring *lth him, or to send in his absence,
a departmental representative. nthout these tho Committee
would not possess the requisite information. Other Ministers
% Ume K represent 1 ty,3klPPln6) might ro <^ 9 - «me
Inasmuch aa the greater part of the Ttork of the Committee
is performed in the Poreign Office, the Tar Cabinet Secretary will
not be able to work effectively unless he is brought into intimate
^^t n8 - Wlth v hat 0:rflce > ona 83 the different branches of the
P^ i ^ e n^- W ° rk J ! r0 dealt with in Afferent departments of the
^o..ji.gn Office, it seems desirable that the Secretary should he
b"r.^ 1 n!^ tCU ? k thS Porel e n Office Officials who have hitherto
been performing the work, i.e.
For Persia, Hx. Oliphant.
Por Middle East, Sir M. Syires,
who *ould act with him as liaison officials
Meetings when their subject is under discuss!
and should attend the
on.
haV ! S ot 8U 6b« B iod any Poreign Office Official connected wi
VoQ+f^ eS ^ nt V?* 81 ? , Cominittee NHieh is to be absorbed in the new
Eastern Committee) because I understand that there is not llkelv t
Onn^f* P :T n \^ d f0r 8uch ‘ 1 2111 inarmed tha? the Russia 7
Committee has hitherto dealt, for the most part, with technical
matters, connected with Murmansk, Archangel, and Vladivostock, and
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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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- 1r:214v, 216r:272v
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