It is practically French already: Lord Curzon, signals intelligence, and solving the Tangier question, 1918-23
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2012
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This thesis explores the link between British signals intelligence and London's handling of the Tangier Question between 1918 and 1923. The Tangier Question arose after the Great War, when France attempted to control the international city of Tangier, to the detriment of British trade and strategic policy. Spain - with its own possessions in Morocco - aligned itself with British Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon in order to thwart France. Supplied with an impressive amount of solutions of foreign traffic provided by the Government Code and Cypher School, Curzon was the best-informed diplomat involved with the issue. The thesis concludes that while there was no causal link between intelligence and British policy in Morocco, intelligence was, nevertheless, an invaluable tool for Curzon. Owing to the work of the GC&CS, he precisely altered British policy in order to come to terms with France, and to control the Spanish.
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Klepach, D. J. (2012). It is practically French already: Lord Curzon, signals intelligence, and solving the Tangier question, 1918-23 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4893