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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 [139r] (277/460)
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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H NUT HU
In Sec.of State’s Dospatoh No.96 Public dated 10th
August 1917,the Govt.of India were informed na fol owe
‘o jeaty* b Govornnmit rronoae when the war ia
over to review thia Ryatam rt (i.e.,the exiatin^ system
of military administration and onmnination) M ahd also
the orffanination of the Indian Army in the light of
the experience gained in the war and in view of the
military requirements of India and of the nart allot
ted to it in any general acheose of Imperial Defence.
The constitution and eise of the Indian Army,the
character and number of its reserves,can only be de
termined in the light of the conditions then existing.
A full enquiry into these and other matters by a com
petent body will bo neco8sary‘ , .
ao are now within mensurable distance of a defi
nite peace,and it seems to to time to consider on
what lines this most important matter will be brought
under consideration. In it contemplated -
(a) that we shall,as is usual,await definite propo-
eala from the Govt.of Inaiajcr
(b) that a/iy initiative will be taken from herejor
(c) that a Commission or Comnittee chculd be fojrmed,
consisting of representatives of the Govt.of
India,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.
,and of the War Office,
to formulate a. scheme;and,if this last,should the
Com lesion or Committee conduct their delibera
tions in this country or in India ?
I am in favour of (c).
It may assist tc a decision in this matter if I
enumerate very broadly some of the points that,it
seems to me,will have to come under consideration. ^
i thiiik they are as follows
(1) The military requirements of India,and the part
India should take in hoperial Defence.
(2) The stre/igth,constitution,and conditions of ser
vice of the British portion of th*> garrison of
t
India. Thia has already been under consideraivion
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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)
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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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- 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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