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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy, Mesopotamia. Vol III' [250r] (500/549)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 22 Jun 1918-5 Oct 1919. 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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From C. in C., India.
To:- War Office. Repeated G.P.C., Mesopotamia.
Despatched at 8.50 a.m. 20.7.18.
Received at 8.40 a.m. 21.7.18.
56592 Q.M.G. July 20th.
1. Reference appointment proposed in paragraph 2 your .
61692 dated July 6th. 1 regret I cannot agree to confirmation
of same .
V‘e have nov f a thorough good working organisation
in liescpotamiaand it does not seem to me to be v-ise to alter
it in fundamental (? group omitted)s by introducing a division
of responsibility vhic'n may prove to local conditions to be
quite unsuitable and is regarded rith some doubt by Marshall.
Moreover the personal factor in this question requires, in my
opinion special consideration. Sir George MacHunn’s exceptional
capacity and power of organisation has been proved to the hilt
by the events of the last two years and by the present very
satisfactory situation on the Mesopotamia L. of C.
2. Paragraph 119 of Freeland^ report although discussing
as an ultimate aim the appointment of a D. .G.T. independent of
the I.G. of G. sums up in sub paragraph 4 with the d finite
recommendation that for the present the only change to be made
should be the addition of a technical Deputy I.G. of C. to
the I.G. of Cs Staff to co-chdinate the 3 directors at
(1 group undecipherable) of port rail-ays and inland water trans
port .
I have consulted Freeland who -agrees in and adheres to
this interpretation of his report.
Therefore I recommend that this Officer whom you are
about to appoint be a technical deputy I. G. of C. on the Staff
of the I. G. of Cn pud have no direct dealings with the deputy
0 . T, US . That D.G-T- should remain nominall Tr responsible direct
to C .IMG. but should >~e adviser for all normal matters under
I.G.-of C. as suggested by Marshall in his X.158 July 10th seems
to me a compromise which would involve dual control and consequent
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and road transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] near the end of, and immediately following, the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Supply of railway materials, rolling stock, and personnel
- A proposed survey of Persia [Iran] for the purposes of railway building
- Demobilisation planning
- Transition from military to civil administration
- Expenditure
- A proposal for a direct Baghdad-Haifa line.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; the Chief of Imperial General Staff; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the Commander-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, India; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Chief of the General Staff, India; the Director General of Movements and Railways, War Office; and the High Commissioner at Constantinople [Istanbul].
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- 1 file (272 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 274; 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 present in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/789
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy, Mesopotamia. Vol III'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30r, 30av, 30v:273v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence