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The traditional official aims of British strategy and diplomacy was to maintain the security of Britain’s imperial and commercial sea lanes, and also to prevent any one power from dominating the Continent. After 1919 the authorities were aware that the dominions were reluctant to get involved in a European war, and that Britain’s own ability to maintain a large defence establishment had been reduced.1 Yet, at the Imperial Conference of 1923 it was assumed that the protection of the sea lanes still remained the responsibility of the British Navy.2 Consequently, official policy continued to advocate the retention of British paramountcy in West Asia—in Egypt because of the Suez Canal, in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf because the Navy needed the oil resources.3
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Gupta, P.S. (1975). Imperial Political Issues, 1922–29. In: Imperialism and the British Labour Movement, 1914–1964. Cambridge Commonwealth Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02439-1_4
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