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Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East [55r] (109/460)
The record is made up of 1 file (223 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1918-8 Jan 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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Wet# by the Secretary, kilitnry Department, Indift Office
on War Office letter of 29th Au^ist 191$,
1, The original suggestion made by C.I.G.3. on
15th July 1915, *as that "the functions of the Military
Secretary at 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.
should.be divided among
t^c officers - one dealing vith General Staff questions
alone and acting in these matters both as the deputy of
the 0,1.0,3. and as an official of 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.
",
The present scheme differs considerably from this,
2, It cannot be too often repeated that there
should be only one official military opinion on Military
policy, viz. that of Mia General htafi.
3, But it is also necessary that the beeretary in
the Military Department should advise the Secretary of
State as to all Military question ahich affect India. To do
so effectually he must be in the closest possible touch aith
the General Staff and in order that his special knowledge
and experience of Indian military matters shall be utilized
to the full, it is considered he should be entitled to see
and note (for the information of the C.I.G.S.) on any
important paper affecting India to be issued by the General
before such paper is issued, and not ranrely receive
and pass onC.I.G.B 1 , decision to the Secretary of State.
In the latter case it becomes very difficult for the Secretary
in the Military Department to differ from the deliberate
and already expressed opinion of ahat is acknowledged to be
tue only competent military authority to express such opinion.
If the Military Secretary India Oflice is obliged to
differ (owing to his local knowledge of India) the Secretary
of
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The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post .
Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the file documents, numbered 1-55, including type of document, addressee, date, and normally an indication of the subject. The fifty-five documents are numbered in blue pencil in the top right hand corner of the first page. Note that the contents list is not exhaustive and there are sometimes related documents between those marked with blue pencil. (There is duplication of some memoranda in the file; duplicates contain very minor differences).
The content comprises information, advice and opinions of General Cox to the War Cabinet, War Office and other government and military officers, mainly relating to British military strategy in Afghanistan, Persia [Iran], Trans-Caspia [Central Asia], the Caucasus, Mesopotamia [Iraq] and India, including:
- Securing British interests in Persia, Afghanistan, the Caspian Sea and British India, against Turco-German threats, prior to the November 1918 Armistice
- Fall of Baku (in modern Azerbaijan) to Turkish forces in September 1918 and the role of commanding officer Major General Lionel Charles Dunsterville
- Strategic importance of the Siestan [Sistan] railway (part of the Trans-Baluchistan railway)
- British policy regarding interests in ‘the East’ at the Paris Peace Conference 1919, notably North West Persia, Mesopotamia, the new republics west of the Caspian Sea, new Armenia, Syria and Palestine
- The Malleson Mission, led by Major General Sir Wilfrid Malleson, whose role after the Armistice was to protect North East Persia (or Trans-Caspia, modern Turkmenistan), from Bolshevik incursions and influence
- British military and diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, notably frontiers after the Armistice and following the assassination of Habibullah Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan, in February 1919
- Turbulent situation in Waziristan, October 1919 and impact on Indian Army
- Indian Army organization, command, military requirements, training and instruction, and composition
- Command structure of the British Imperial Army in the East, senior appointments, organization and military requirements.
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- 1 file (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back 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 230; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 79-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
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- 1r:91v, 93r:153v, 155r:157v, 158v:165v, 167v:230v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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