March 12, 1921 The Partition of the Palestine Mandate
Trans Jordan is Created and the Palestine Mandate is Reduced by 75% to 10,000 square miles
“The outstanding question to be discussed (at the Cairo conference) was the policy to be adopted with regard to Trans-Jordania, and its effect upon the strength of the imperial garrison in Palestine.
The conference recommended that Trans-Jordania should be constituted an Arab providence of Palestine under an Arab governor, responsible to the high commissioner. On this assumption they recommended the immediate military occupation of Trans-Jordania, without which they understood that it would be impossible to secure a settled government there or to stop anti-French action initiated in the British zone.”
Source: Report on Middle East Conference Held in Cairo and Jerusalem March 12th to 30 1921 CAB-24-122-0-006
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