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Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee [5r] (9/544)
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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E A S TEH
Lord Curzcn
Ordinary Pro cedure
The Eastern Committee, formed in accordance with v,ar
Cabinet decision 363, Minute 20, and with the scope and purpose
outlined in Lord Curzon's Memorandum - G.T*3905/[ both appended),
will ordinarily meet in Lord Curzon’s Hoorn at the Privy Council,
when summoned by the Chairman, through the Secretary.
Eor the information of Members, relevant 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.
and Military Intelligence telegrams will be
circulated to keep them aware of the trend of events and of
departmental action.
The Agenda will be based on such of these as may require
inter-departmental consideration or involve large questions of
policy, at the instance of Members or interested Departments.
Meetings will be held once or twice in each week as may
be required. The first meeting will be summoned in the early N
part of the week beginning March 24th.
Piles for information and Agenda will be circulated to
the following, the day before each meeting.
Lord Curzon
General Smuts
Mr.Balfour
Lord Robert Cecil
Lord Hardinge
Mr„Oliphant
(for Persian affairs)
Sir Mark Sykes
(for Middle East affairs)
C. I.G.S.
D. M.I.
Secretary of State for India
Mr.Shuckburgh.
Capt
Secretary,
Eastern Committee.
2 f Whitehall Gardens, S.W.l#
24th March, 1918.
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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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- Mss Eur F112/274
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- Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee
- Pages
- 1r:214v, 216r:272v
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