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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Cabinet, Eastern Committee, 1918-1919 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/10/686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/686
Title:
File 2571/1917 'MESOPOTAMIA: FUTURE ADMINISTRATION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises memoranda, notes, telegrams, correspondence and minutes, relating to the British Government’s policy on the future administration of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Selected papers of the War Cabinet’s Mesopotamia Administration Committee, and its successors the Middle East Committee an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-10 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (185 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B310a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B310a
Title:
The future of Constantinople. Memorandum by Lord Curzon. Printed for the War Cabinet, January 1919.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum by Lord Curzon outlining the discussion undertaken by the Eastern Committee about the future of Constantinople. The first section covers the arguments for and against the ejection of 'the Turk' from Constantinople. The second section discusses which world power w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

3. Mss Eur F112/253

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/253
Title:
Minutes memos despatches etc
Scope & Content:
This file concerns British policy regarding Persia (and, to a lesser extent, British interests in Mesopotamia). It is largely composed of printed memoranda by George Curzon and other senior British politicians. Also included is a significant amount of related letters and despatches, as well as p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1916-1 Mar 1922
Extent:

1 file (76 folios)

4. Mss Eur F112/257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/257
Title:
Memoranda Relating to Departmental Views on the Conduct of the War in the East and the Administration of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file comprises typescript, printed and manuscript memoranda, dated 1918 and 1920 by: Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary of State for India; Arthur James Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (up to October 1919); Henry Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office; and Forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1918-24 Aug 1920
Extent:

1 file (58 folios)

5. Mss Eur F112/273

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/273
Title:
Middle East Committee and Eastern Committee
Scope & Content:
This file relates to two War Cabinet committees: the Middle East Committee (originally named the Mesopotamian Administration Committee), and the Eastern Committee, both chaired by George Curzon. The first half of the file consists almost entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the Middle Eas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1918-31 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

6. Mss Eur F112/274

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/274
Title:
Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee
Scope & Content:
This file is composed of papers produced by the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee, which was chaired by George Curzon for most of its existence. The file contains a complete set of printed minutes, beginning with the committee's first meeting on 28 March 1918, and concluding with its final meeting...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1918-7 Jan 1919
Extent:

1 file (272 folios)