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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 [76r] (151/460)
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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Until I Raw tha Secretary of State thia rgoming
I had not seen General Smuts 1 Uetaoranduffl. l ia vie^a
as regards the conduct of the war,the necessity for
a correct atretegical appreciation of the situation
by the Comander in Keeopotaaiia,erd for unification
of comand in the East,are entirely concurred in.
Let it be granted for the time that the proposal of
the Secretary of State for India for unification of
control in London may be accepted and put into force,
for this appears to be an essential foundation for
the success of General Smuts 1 proposals.^he Secretary
of the Military Department at the Indi* Office in hia
capacity as l)*C«I*G*S # iiould issue,under the authority
of the c instructions to the proposed Com
mander of the Middle '• act. Fa would also .under the
direction of the Secretary of State,issue military
instructions to the Commandar-in-Ohief in India;and
the co-ordination of military matters would thus be
complete in London. I am preparing a more detailed
scheme,as directed by the Secretary of ftato.in re
ply to the far Office letter on the subject.
But it must eventually become a matter of per
sonnel. Supposing that £ir Charles Fonro vacates his
present appointment and is posted as Coamander of the
Middle 8ast with Me G.H.Q.at Cairo,it will be neces
sary to find a temporary successor to him in India*
It may also (evidently from General r^routs* Memoran
dum) be necessary to find a successor to the present
G.O.C.in Mesopotamia;and it is for consideration who
should fill the appointment of D.C.I.G.S.for the
Middle ?*mst in London.
As regards the Indian appointment,! m of opin-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 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
- Pages
- 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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