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235 Churchill, op. cit.
*35 Letter from GLB to Frank Balfour, XBL (Box 301/1/1).
235 Conversation with Wingate. Sec Wingate, No/ in the
Limelight, p. 95.
236 Cox to Churchill, April 1921. CO 730 (messages CO 17766
and 17873).
237 Arrest of Talib. CO 730/1 (April 16th). See also CEB, and
Haldane, The Insurrection in Mesopotamia.
238 Churchill’s remark to Cox, CO 730/1 (April 21st).
238 Arrival of Faisal, BL, CEB. Also see Dorothy Van Ess,
Pioneers in the Arab World.
238 Philby, sec Monroe, Philby of Arabia.
238 Letter July 7th, CEB.
238 Mrs Dickson (Dame Violet). See Forty Years in Kuwait,
pp. 23-4. Also Stark, Letters.
239 Churchill and Palestinc/Syria, CO 730/17: messages between
Samuel, Curzon, Lawrence, Allcnby, Cox and Churchill,
March-August 1921.
239 Meinertzhagen, Middle East Diary.
240 Faisal in Iraq, BL, CEB. Also CO 730/17, article by GLB
for Intelligence Report, The Amir Faisal in Mesopotamia.
Young in The Independent Arab asserts he had ‘almost
universal approval*.
240 Letter to Frank Balfour, July 17th, 1921, XLB.
240 Philby in Transjordan. Monroe, op. cit., quotes Philby to
GLB p. 119, ‘Of course nobody here or in Syria wants him
[Abdullah] or any member of the Sharifian family, but what
matter?’
240 Philby correspondence with Ibn Saud, CO 730 (Air Staff
Intelligence Summaries) and CO 730/44 (Censorship) March
26th, 1924, Dobbs to S. of S. Thomas: ‘No doubt as to
authenticity, Bourdillon recognises Arab handwriting.’
240 Referendum. Gertrude wrote to HB Aug. 14th, BL: ‘The
referendum is finished ... With one exception he has been
elected unanimously.’ She did not question the 96 per cent.
Everyone else did.
240 GLB letter, BL.
241 GLB to Shuckburgh, 10, CO 730/17.
242 Duke of Devonshire. Meinertzhagen op. cit. and CO
73o/35-
242 Samarra antiquities, L/P&S/10/689 and CO 781 (Register)
1922.
243 Rihani. See Ibn Sa’ood, p. 6 et seq.
243 Gertrude from 1922 to 1925. BL, CEB, and UBL to HB