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Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee [220r] (439/544)
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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hi:SOLUTIONS AS TO THT ESJAZ AIID ARABIA.
• is desirable that the special position of Great
hrj. bai i in Arabia snould be recognised by the Powers as it
has alieody teen by the french Go^oinrnent in the correspond
ence end negotiations of 1916 end 1917.
. H W M,Government ere already pledged to secure that the
Holy Places shall remain in possession of an independent
sovereign Moslem Power. It is desirable, therefore, from the
point of view more especially of Moslem sentiment, that the
restrictions on the independence and sovereignty of the King
of the Hejas should be as few as possible, if any such are
found necessary.
It is not desirable that the King's foreign relations
should be controlled by any European Power, and no such claim
should be made by His Majesty's Government.
It is desirable that the Powers should formally recog
nise in a treaty the peculiar position of the Hejaz and bind
themselves not to interfere in its internal affairs, nor to
seek political influence for themselves or their subjects.
. It would follow, and should be stipulated, that any agents
kept by the Powers in the ^ejaz, should have no diplomatic
status or functions, but should be confined to .purposes
connected with the pilgrimage or trade. Equally the King of
the Hejaz should not be allowed to be represented by agents
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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
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- 1r:214v, 216r:272v
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