The Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department established in 1916 during the First World War, and closed in 1920, whose purpose was the collection and dissemination of propaganda and intelligence about the Arab regions of the Middle East.
Arab Bureau terms of reference at the Interdepartmental meeting for establishment of the Bureau, 7 January 1916
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888 - 1935, left); David George Hogarth (1862 - 1927) and Lieutenant-Colonel Dawnay (1878-1952), at the Arab Bureau of Britain's Foreign Office, Cairo, May 1918.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
FCDO Main Building, Westminster
The western end of the FCDO Main Building in 1866, facing St James's Park. It was then occupied by the Foreign and India Offices, while the Home and Colonial Offices occupied the Whitehall end.
New UK Diplomatic Posts – April 2013
The FCDO Main Building viewed from Horse Guards Road, with the Statue of Robert Clive and the entrance to the Churchill War Rooms visible
