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...
Map showing the locations of existing and projected railway gauges across the Middle East and surrounding regions. The map is appended to a War Cabinet report entitled 'Railway Policy in Relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East'.
Mesopotamia: Papers relating to the future administration of Mesopotamia for the Committee over which I presided, 1917-1919
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File containing correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the work of the Mesopotamia Administration Committee, collected by Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Lord President of the Council, who chaired the Committee. The papers cover a variety of topics relating to the administration of Britis...
Memoranda Relating to Departmental Views on the Conduct of the War in the East and the Administration of Mesopotamia
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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...
Reports and papers of the Egyptian Administration Committee
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The file contains copies of memoranda and reports relating to the government and administration of Egypt. Included are memoranda produced by the War Cabinet on the subject and minutes of four meetings held by the Egyptian Administration Committee during September and October 1917.
Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
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The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colo...
Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers
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The file contains official correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office,...
File of printed papers marked 'Egyptian negotiation' between Curzon and Adly Pasha and the Egyptian delegation
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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to negotiations between the British and Egyptian governments over Egyptian independence. Most of the file consists of minutes of conferences that took place at the Foreign Office during July and August 1921. These conferences invo...
Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and other papers concerning the political situation in Egypt and negotiations between the British Government and an Egyptian delegation for the end of the British Protectorate in Egypt. The papers cover the effort to come to an agreement on f...
Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to the political situation in Egypt. The memoranda are written by officials at the War Office, Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office and mostly concern military policy in Egypt and the defence of the S...
