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Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee [21r] (41/544)
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 Document is the Property^of His Britannic Majest/s Government.]
Printed for the War Cabinet. May 1918.
SECRET.
E.C. 9th Minutes.
WAR CABINET.
EASTERN COMMITTEE
Minutes of a Meeting of the Eastern Commits e held in Lord Ourznis Room at the
Privy Council Office on Tuesday, May 21, 1918, at 0 p.m.
Present:
The Right Hon. the Earl Curzon of Kedlkston,
(in the Chair).
K.G., G.C.S.L, G.C.I.E.
Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. J. C.
Smuts, K.C.
The Right Hon. E. Montagu, M.P.,
Secretary of State for India.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Cecil, K.C.,
ALP., Acting Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
The Right Hon. the Lord Hardinge of
Pensuukst, K.G., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.L,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O.,
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
Major-General Sir G. M. W. Macdonogh,
K.C.M.G., C.B., Director of Military
Intelligence.
Mr. J. E. Shuckburgii,
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.
.
Mr. L. Oliphant, C.M.G., Foreign OlEce.
Also present:
Air. Dudley Ward, Treasury.
Position of British
Forces in North-
West Persia.
[SG5—8]
TELEGRAMS Nos. 422 and 428 from Sir C. Marling were
read, indicating his disappointment as to the paucity of the British
troops and the slowness of their arrival upon the Keimanshah—
Kazvin line, and emphasising the degree to which a successful
Allied policy in Persia is dependent upon the presence of adequate
military force. .
General Alacdonogh read to the Committee a statement ol the
present position of our forces in North-West Persia. (Appendix.)
He stated that General AlarshalPs operations in the direction of
Kerkuk had now come to a standstill. He thought, therefore, that
the General Officer Commanding, who appeared to be inclined not
to attach adequate importance to the operations in 1 ersia, should be
deiinitely instructed to push on as much as possible. According to
information at hand, the General had adequate supplies loi the
above-mentioned force, and it was hoped that our men might in a
mouth’s time be stretched along the road to Kazvin.
Lord Curzon expressed surprise that the very definite views of
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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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