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affairs (hereafter referred to as I.D.C.E.), 3rd minutes, 14 January
1919.
50. I.D.C.E., 10th minutes, 24 February 1919.
51. Wingate Papers, 135/5, Wingate to Sir Henry McMahon (High
Commissioner in Egypt), 14 November 1915.
52. L/P&S/10/389, P. 1079/19, India Office to Baghdad, 26 February
1919.
53. L/P&S/10/806, Clayton to Foreign Office, 4 March 1919.
54. L/P&S/10/806, Chectham to Foreign Office, 1 March 1919.
55. Ibid.
56. L/P&S/10/390, P. 1245/19, Wilson to India Office, 2 March 1919.
57. L/P&S/10/390, P. 1245/19, notes by Shuckburgh and T. W.
Holderness (Permanent Undersecretary for India), 7 March 1919.
58. I.D.C.E., 12th minutes, 10 March 1919.
59. The British Government did not learn of this fact until December
1919 when Wilson notified it that he had ‘overlooked’ the relevant tele­
gram. L/P&S/10/635, P. 8059/19, Wilson to India Office, 12 December
1919.
60. I.D.C.E., 20th Minutes, 28 May 1919. Unknown to the conference,
a decisive battle between the forces of Ibn Sa‘ud and Husayn already had
occurred on the night of 25-26 May.
61. L/P&S/10/390, P. 2891/19, Allenby to Foreign Office, 27 May
1919. Wingate had become embroiled in a controversy over Egyptian policy
and had not been allowed to return to Cairo after his arrival in London for
consultations in January 1919. Wingate officially remained High Commis­
sioner until Allenby formally replaced him in October 1919.
62. L/P&S( 10/390, P. 6995 and 5578/19, notes by Garland, 4 June and
10 June 1919; Arab Bulletin, No. 114, 30 August 1919, 133.
63. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3252/19, Allenby to Foreign Office, 10 June and
11 June 1919.
64. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3233/19, Chelmsford to Montagu (Secretary of
State for India), 11 June 1919.
65. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3233/19, Shuckburgh to Foreign Office, 13 June
1919. During this period the British Government believed that it would be
unthinkable to send non-Muslim troops to the vicinity of the Holy Cities of
Islam.
66. I.D.C.E., 21st minutes, 13 June 1919.
67. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3298/19, Chelmsford to Montagu, 15 June 1919.
68. L/P&S/10/390, P. 5435/19, Allenby to Foreign Office, 14 June
1919.
69. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3298/19, Allenby to Foreign Office, 14 June
1919.
70. I.D.C.E., 22nd minutes, 17 June 1919.
71. L/P&S/10/390, P. 3566/19, Allenby to Foreign Office, 23 June
1919.
72. I.D.C.E., 22nd minutes, 17 June 1919.
73. Minute by Curzon, 5 July 1919, quoted in Busch, op. cit. 333.
74. I.D.C.E., 33rd minutes, 24 November 1919.