ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [ظ‎‎٢‎٩‎٨] (٤٩٤/١٤٤)

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As regards propaganda, Mr. Rndyard Kipling’s remark will give the
Germans an opportunity they will not he slow to miss ; its appearance in a
Government publication indicates a want of knowledge of the actual
attitude of the Entente Powers towards the Arabs on the part of the Press
Bureau. It may be added that the usual laudatory comments on the
general conduct of the Turks and their natural freindship for the British
y continue to appear in British official communications.
The tendency to drift and the lack of cohesive British political effort
all round in Arab affairs seems to suggest that an early definition in regard
to a common policy in Arabia is advisable.
(Signed) Mark Sykes.
28th June 1916.