'Minutes memos despatches etc'

Title:

'Minutes memos despatches etc'

Creator:

Author: War Cabinet
Author: War Cabinet, Eastern Committee

Date:

1916/1922

Description:

Abstract: 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 printed transcripts of speeches delivered by Curzon. Of particular note are the following:Memorandum by Curzon entitled 'Nushki-Seistan Railway', dated 17 August 1916Papers of the War Cabinet's Eastern Committee, comprised of correspondence and memoranda, dated September 1918-November 1918 (ff 5-6 and ff 10-19)War Cabinet report entitled 'Railway Policy in Relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East.', dated December 1918 (ff 21-26)Memorandum entitled 'Memorandum Regarding the Policy of His Majesty's Government Towards Persia at the Peace Conference.', dated December 1918 (ff 31-42)Letter to Curzon from the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Samuel Montagu (ff 43-49)Transcript of a speech on Persia, delivered by Curzon at a banquet given in honour of His Highness Prince Firouz Mirza Nosret-ed-Dowleh, at the Carlton Hotel, 18 September 1919 (ff 56-58)Printed letters from Curzon, writing as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Percy Zachariah Cox, British representative in Persia, dated October 1919-April 1920 (ff 60-66)Transcripts of two speeches given by Curzon as Foreign Secretary, in the House of Lords, regarding the British Government's Persian policy, dated 16 November 1920 and 26 July 1921 respectively (ff 68-71 and ff 72-73).Appended to the aforementioned War Cabinet report is a map of railway gauges across the Middle East region (f 25).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 78, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Foreign policy
Railways
Bilateral agreements

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002a4_ar
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002a4_en
Mss Eur F112/253
Mss Eur F112/253

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