'Employment of Japanese Troops in Mesopotamia'

Title:

'Employment of Japanese Troops in Mesopotamia'

Contributor:

War Cabinet (recipient)

Date:

1917/1917

Description:

The file consists of a memorandum addressed to the War Cabinet by the Political Department of the India Office on the question of the employment of Japanese troops in Mesopotamia. It summarises the Government of India's views given in a telegram dated 21 November 1917, with military and political grounds for objecting to Japanese assistance. It also includes extracts from the Report of the Trade Commissioners who visited Mesopotamia earlier in 1917, and raises the concern that Japanese commercial influence will lead to political claims.Written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, 13 December 1917, with an introduction dated 18 December 1917.1 file (3 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 24, and terminates at f 26, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 24-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Political information
Japan--Foreign relations--Great Britain
Trade (practice)

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00029f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00029f_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B268

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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