India office. They argued that direct British rule was essential, and the Hashemite family was too supportive of policies that would interfere with British interests. The decision was to support Arab nationalism, sidetracked Wilson, and consolidate power in the Colonial Office.

Post World War One

In 1918, Wilson became acting civil commissioner over the territory that would become known as Iraq. In 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference,

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