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196 Unsigned letter to TEL. Probably from George Lloyd.
197 Storrs, BL, May nth, 1917.
*97 Storrs at Jidda and Abdullah’s statement, FO 882.
197 Sykes’s memos, ibid.
198 Sharifian solution. See Kedouric, England and the Middle
East. Also Marlowe, Monroe, Philby and Wilson in works
already quoted.
198 Conflicting views on policy. See Marlowe, Life of Sir Arnold
Wilson; Philby, Arabian Days; Wilson, Loyalties.
198 Sykes-Picot agreement and revelation by Bolsheviks, WO
33/696. See also Katz, Battleground, pp. 49-52, and Lloyd
George, The Truth about the Peace Treaties.
199 Gertrude on Sykes-Picot agreement, FO 882, document
X/LO 3951, June 1917.
200 ‘Able and persuasive writers.’ John Connell, The 'Office',
p. 32.
200 GLB's work. Political documentation too voluminous to
list, but much of it to be found in FO 882 and L/P&S/10/
586. Intelligence reports filed under WO 33/905 Series C,
Vol. 5. Correspondence with RGS about work on maps.
December 1918, RGS archive.
200 Al Arab, BL, CEB.
201 Quotation from ‘an earlier biographer’, Elizabeth Burgoyne,
CEB p. 60, Vol. 2.
201 Austen Chamberlain and Mesopotamian setbacks. Report
of Parliamentary Commission on Mesopotamia, 1917. Cmd.
8610.
201 Allenby, see Official History of the War. Also, Wavell,
Allcnby: Soldier and Statesman, and War Cabinet C1/137/391.
201 Letter to FB, UBL Feb. 24th.
201 Balfour Declaration, GLB’s views on, CEB, p. 74, Vol. 2.
Letter to Doughty-Wylie, UBL, Le Touquet, January 1915.
202 Cox in London. Letters to Hardinge, Chirol etc., CEB, VC.
203 Founder’s Medal, RGS. Presented to Sir Hugh Bell by
President, Sir Thomas Holdich, May 27th, 1918.
203 Letters, BL, CEB.

19 The Mandate
205 Letters from GLB, BL, CEB. From Civil Commission,
Dec. 7th, 1917, BL: T haven’t seen Gen. Marshall since I
came back but he gives signs of being sympathetic towards
our side of the game.*