The Agreement in practice Sykes–Picot Agreement
1 agreement in practice 1.1 syria, palestine , arabs 1.1.1 asquith government (1916) 1.1.2 lloyd george government (1917 onwards) 1.1.3 after public disclosure (1917–18) 1.1.4 paris peace conference (1919–20) 1.2 iraq , persian gulf 1.3 kurds the agreement in practice syria, palestine , arabs asquith government (1916) while sykes , picot in negotiations, discussions proceeding in parallel between cairo , hussein; hussein s reply of 1 january mcmahon s 14 december 1915 received @ foreign office, mcmahon’s cover stating: satisfactory may note general acceptance time being of proposed relations of france arabia, reference future of relations adumbrates source of trouble wise not ignore. have on more 1 occasion brought notice of majesty s government deep antipathy arabs regard prospect of french administration of portion of arab territory. in lies considerable danger our future relations france, because difficult , impossible though may convince france of mistake, if not endeavour warning ...