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Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs [80v] (160/290)
The record is made up of 1 file (145 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1919-7 Dec 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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4
(-•) That no steps should be taken to present wireless installa
tions to the Tibetan Government until the answer had
been received from the Japanese, and also until the
views of the Government of India had been obtained on
the proposed new agreement with China regarding
Tibet.
British Represents- 3 - The Chairman said that after the Tibet expedition His
tive at Lhasa. Majesty’s Government had concluded an agreement with China and
Russia by which they undertook not to have a representative at
Lhasa. He had been in India at the time, and had strongly recom
mended that the British agent at Gyantse should proceed to Lhasa
from time to time. He still considered that this would be the best
course, just as the occasional visit of a British representative to
Kabul would, in his opinion, be the best means of keeping touch
with the Amir of Afghanistan. On a later occasion the Dalai Lama
had visited India as a refugee, and had actually asked us to send a
representative to Lhasa, but, in view of our undertaking to China
and Russia, it had been decided not to accede to his request.
Sir Arthur Eirtzel said that it was proposed to include British
representation at Lhasa in the terms of the new agreement. 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.
were inclined to agree with the Chairman that it was
better for a representative to visit Lhasa from time to time rather
than that he should be permanently stationed there. They were,
hovexei, awaiting a reply from the Government of India regarding
the draft agreement as a whole. 4 .
The Chairman did not consider that the question of British
representation at Lhasa could usefully be pursued by the Conference,
as it involved far-reaching questions which could only be. decided by
the Cabinet. In any case, no action could be taken until a replv
had been received from the Government of India on the whole
question of the proposed new agreement w-ith China.
(Initialled) C. of K.
Foreign Office,
July 1, 1919.
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This file is composed of papers produced by the Foreign Office's Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs. It consists entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the conference, most of which are chaired by George Curzon.
Those attending include senior representatives of the Foreign Office, 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. (most notably the Secretary of State for India), the War Office, the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, and the Treasury (including the Chancellor of the Exchequer). Other notable figures attending include Harry St John Bridger Philby and Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
The meetings concern British policy in the Middle East, and mainly cover the following geographical areas: Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, Trans-Caspia, Trans-Caucasia, the Caspian Sea, Palestine, Persia, Hejaz, and Afghanistan. Some of the meetings also touch on matters beyond the Middle East (e.g. wireless telegraphy in Tibet, ff 79-80).
Recurring topics of discussion include railways (chiefly in relation to Mesopotamia), Bolshevik influence in the Middle East (particularly in Persia and Trans-Caspia), and relations between King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Several sets of minutes also contain related memoranda as appendices.
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- 1 file (145 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 145, 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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- Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs
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- front, front-i, 2r:144v, back-i, back
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