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'Mesopotamia. Commission' [3r] (8/256)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 1914-1916. 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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MINUTE.
I
a!
Under Secy of State
M esopotamia Blue Soo£ .
I submit for the orders of the S oa s a proof
ofyf the proposed Parliamentary paper on the Meso
potamia operations .together with notes by Mr ^huc^-
burgh and Col Strachey on the various points of
difficulty that arise.
When Mr Chamberlain has given his ruling on these
or any other points, edited copies of the papers
might be sent to Lord Eardinge.Lord Crewe,the F.Q,
77.0., and Admiralty for their concurrence. There
are plenty of spare proofs for this purpose. T/hen
their consurrence hae been obtained, the form of
the Blue Bock will be practically settled, and
the necessary paraphrasing can be taken in hand
at once with a view to the early publication of
the papers.
I venture to add that a further study of these
papers only serves to strengthen my opinion that
the publication of many of them is not in the pub
lic interest.
The question of what, if any, communication
should be made to the G-ovt of India on tne subject
will no doubt be also considered.
I see no object in publishing items 1 - 4 as they
have already appeared in the nite Paper "Miscel
laneous Eo 13 (1914) and the collection i- pnhlishe^t
r"*
should be gin with Eo 5.
I see no reason for the omissions suggested by Mr
Shuckburgh in Eo 9 and I am doubtful about those
in Eo 11.
I942G. 1.1192. 2000.-9/1915.
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The file contains proofs of official prints required for the statutory commission on the Mesopotamian Expedition [the Mesopotamia Commission, 1916-17]. The papers include transcripts of telegrams and letters (some paraphrased) from the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy, and the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, General Sir John Eccles Nixon. The file includes papers relating to operations in 1914-15, medical arrangements on the expedition (folios 33-60), press allegations concerning the advance from Kut-el-Amara [Kut Al-Amarah] in 1916 (folios 91-93), and the question of occupying Baghdad (folios 31-32).
The papers are enclosed an a folder inscribed on the front cover: 'Military Department. Previous Papers', and labelled '3'. A further label on the front cover is printed 'Mesopotamia Commission, 28 Abingdon Street, Westminster.'
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- 1 file (126 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 127; 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.
Pagination: there are five additional printed pagination sequences in parallel between ff 64-90, ff 91-93, ff 94-103, ff 109-177, and ff 120-126.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/777
- Title
- 'Mesopotamia. Commission'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 19r:127v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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