[PAR] [TLE] Cairo Conference (1921) [SEP] The 1921 Cairo Conference, described in the official minutes as Middle East Conference held in Cairo and Jerusalem, March 12 to 30, 1921, was a series of meetings by British officials for examining and discussing Middle Eastern problems, and to frame a common policy.  Particular concerns of the conference related to resolving the conflicting policies defined in the McMahon letters (1915), the Sykes-Picot agreement (1916) and the Balfour Declaration (1917).  Winston Churchill, the newly appointed Colonial Secretary, called all the British Military Leaders and civil administrators in the Middle East to a conference at the Semiramis hotel in Cairo to discuss these issues.  It was an experimental conference organized by the Colonial Office, with the purpose to solve problems more efficiently, with improved communications, without protracted correspondence. [PAR] [TLE] McMahon–Hussein Correspondence [SEP] The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence, or the Hussein–McMahon Correspondence, was a series of ten letters exchanged from July 1915 to March 1916, during World War I, between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, and Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner to Egypt, concerning the political status of lands under the Ottoman Empire.  In the letters Britain agreed to recognize Arab independence after World War I "in the limits and boundaries proposed by the Sherif of Mecca", with the exception of "portions of Syria" lying to the west of "the districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama and Aleppo", in exchange for launching the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans as a "quid pro quo".
[PAR] [TLE] Cairo Conference ( 1921 ) [ SEP ] The 1921 Cairo Conference , described in the official minutes as Middle East Conference held in Cairo and Jerusalem , March 12 to 30 , 1921 , was a series of meetings by British officials for examining and discussing Middle Eastern problems , and to frame a common policy . Particular concerns of the conference related to resolving the conflicting policies defined in the McMahon letters ( 1915 ) , the Sykes - Picot agreement ( 1916 ) and the Balfour Declaration ( 1917 ) . Winston Churchill , the newly appointed Colonial Secretary , called all the British Military Leaders and civil administrators in the Middle East to a conference at the Semiramis hotel in Cairo to discuss these issues . It was an experimental conference organized by the Colonial Office , with the purpose to solve problems more efficiently , with improved communications , without protracted correspondence . [PAR] [TLE] McMahon – Hussein Correspondence [ SEP ] The McMahon – Hussein Correspondence , or the Hussein – McMahon Correspondence , was a series of ten letters exchanged from July 1915 to March 1916 , during World War I , between Hussein bin Ali , Sharif of Mecca , and Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry McMahon , British High Commissioner to Egypt , concerning the political status of lands under the Ottoman Empire . In the letters Britain agreed to recognize Arab independence after World War I " in the limits and boundaries proposed by the Sherif of Mecca " , with the exception of " portions of Syria " lying to the west of " the districts of Damascus , Homs , Hama and Aleppo " , in exchange for launching the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans as a " quid pro quo " .
What were these letters from World War I authored by British High Commissioner to Egypt on the political status of lands under the Ottoman Empire that came to attention during the Cairo Conference?
What were these letters from World War I authored by British High Commissioner to Egypt on the political status of lands under the Ottoman Empire that came to attention during the Cairo Conference ?
the McMahon letters
the McMahon letters