ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a letter of Sir Henry McMahon reviewing the Government of Great Britain. The two districts of Mersina and Alexandretta and portions of Syria lying to the west of the districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo cannot be said to be purely Arab, and should be excluded from the limits demanded. As for those regions lying within those frontiers wherein Great Britain is free to act without detriment to the interests of her ally, France, McMahon empowered in the name of the Government of Great Britain to give the some assurances. The assurances states that Great Britain will guarantee the Holy Places against all external aggression and will recognise their inviolability. When the situation admits, Great Britain will give to the Arabs her advice and will assist them to establish what may appear to be the most suitable forms of government those various territories.
