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To safeguard the position of the British General Officer Commanding and ensure against misuse of our forces, we should:
(a) Establish the right of the General Officer Commanding British Forces to appeal to the Commander-in-Chief, Middle East.
(b) Ensure that adequate liaison arrangements are made.
(c) Insist that British formations in Turkey are grouped
and employed together under British Command and, with the possible exception of a few specialised units such as Anti-tank, A. A. and I tank regiments, are not dispersed to Turkish formations.
(d) Endeavour to secure
Turkish agreement that
British forces shall constitute an Army directly under Turkish G. H. Q. and shall not be employed as a Corps under a subordinate Turkish Comunander. Command of this Army should in all circumstances remain in British hands. If Turkish forces are allotted to it they should come under British command,
Liaison.
7.
It will be essential for us to have a strong British Army Liaison Staff with Turksh G. H, Q. We are advised that the Turks will prefer the title "Liaison Staff" to that of "Mission".
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The Liaison Staff will form the channel for communication between G. H. d. Middle East and Turkish G, H. Q., but British Liaison Officers with 1 kish forecs in the field should be found by, and should be responsible to, Headquarters British Forces and not the Liaison Staff
G. H. Q. G. H. Q.
The Turks will probably wish to send a Liaison Staff to
Middle East and to attach Liaison Officers from Turkish at Headquarters British Forces in Turkey,
Command of British Air Forces.
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We shall be the predominant partner in the air. should therefore be no question of changing the former agreement that air forces would remain under their own Commanders unless the Turks are prepared to place their Air Force under British Command. This is unlikely.
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Previous agreements required the combined air plan to have the approval of the Turkish G, H. Q. No provision was made for any right of appeal by the allied Air Commanders. This appears to have given the Turkish G. H. Q practical command of the allied Air Forces although the latter were nominally independent.
It would seem advisable that the British forces should have a greater degree of independence, The best solution of the problem will be to appoint an officer with the rank of Air Marshal to work with Marshal Cakmak, His functions would be:
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