Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the establishment of the Arab League.a summary (ff 2-9) of a resolution of protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress published in the
Journal d'Egyptein October 1944.a copy – provided by the British Ministry of Information Middle East Services – of an article entitled 'The Arab League' by Edward Atiyah of the Arab Office, which was published in
The Spectator, on 12 October 1944.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between government and military officials concerning British Government policy on the 'Arab side' of the Persian Gulf and the impact of the formation of the Arab League on the Arab states of the Gulf. In addition to this correspondence, the file contains the following related documents:'British Policy on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf ', memorandum written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Trenchard Craven Fowle (folios 3-11)Notes on defence of Persian Gulf stations by J H S Tyssen, Air Vice Marshal, Commanding British Forces in Iraq (folios 16-19)Memorandum entitled 'Muscat vis-a-vis the British Government' (folios 25-31)English translation of the text of the Covenant of the Arab League (folios 37-42)Full copy of an issue of an Arabic language magazine published in India called
al-'Arab(No. 10, 1 December 1945) that was suppressed by British authorities for an article regarding the Ruler of Bahrain and the Arab League (folios 48-67)A translated extract from an article concerning the Arab League published in the Egyptian magazine
al-Musawwar(folio 79).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-79; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains papers regarding reported discussions among the rulers of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the Trucial States to form a federation and to gain entry into the Arab League. The primary correspondents are: Ministry of Information; India Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Political Agency, Bahrain; British Middle East Office; British Embassy, Cairo.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the original Arabic expression, which would be more accurately represented by the words 'unification' or 'unity'.Significant subjects of discussion include:Arab party politics in Palestine.Iraqi-Egyptian relations.Italian propaganda in the Middle East.The future of Palestine.Britain's post-war policy in the Middle East.Whether the Arab states should be induced to make a wartime declaration in favour of the democracies (i.e. the Allies).The formation of the Arab League (also referred to as the Arab Federation in the correspondence).Details of the Pact (also referred to as Covenant) of the Arab League, signed in Cairo on 22 March 1945.Whether representatives of the Arab League should be present at the Palestine Conference in London, in 1947, in addition to representatives of Arab states.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the High Commissioner for Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad; the High Commissioner for Egypt; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo; the High Commissioner for Palestine; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Minister of State in the Middle East; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Indian Political Service's External Affairs Department; Noury Said [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd], Prime Minister of Iraq; George Antonius, Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat.Also included with the correspondence are the following:Extracts from Palestine police summaries dating from 1933 to 1936, produced by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Jerusalem.A printed copy of a paper on Arab federation by the Foreign Research and Press Service, dated 20 June 1941.Copies of documents produced by the War Cabinet's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East (also referred to as the Middle East (Official) Committee), including minutes of meetings (1941-1942) and a copy of a report on Arab Federation, dated January 1942.A copy (in French) of the Protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress, dated 7 October 1944.Copies of the Pact/Covenant of the recently formed Arab League (consisting of a printed copy in French, distributed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an English translation of the full Arabic text, which includes a passage that was omitted from the French version).The French material consists of the aforementioned Protocol and Arab League Pact, plus one item of correspondence and a copy of a newspaper extract.The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 571; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.