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was an ambiguous trilateral treaty negotiated between Britain, Tibet and China, but it was signed only by Britain and Tibet as binding upon themselves. China declined to sign it. No action was taken to implement the treaty for roughly two decades, partly out of concerns that it was in violation of
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but to do so "unobtrusively". Caroe reissued the new volume in 1938, but still carrying the original 1929 date, and had the original volumes withdrawn. When the matter was discovered in 1963, it gave rise to accusation of a "virtual falsification" of the official records. Scholar Karunakar Gupta
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At about this time there were those in Washington, looking for ways to secure the oil resources and practice containment in the middle east. The formulations of Sir Olaf Caroe attracted attention and soon found favour in official circles. His article in the March 1949 number of
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on the southern periphery of the Soviet Union. His ideas are believed to have been highly influential in shaping the post-War policies of Britain and the United States. Scholar Peter Brobst calls him the "quintessential master of the
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and the Survey of India change, but it set forth certain conditions. Of these the most important was that unnecessary publicity should be avoided; the press should not even be notified of the Aitchison
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within the territory of India. For various reasons, the Simla Convention was not operationalised until 1935, and the official publication of the treaties of the Government of India,
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Caroe took a great interest in involving native Indian officials in foreign service and training them in diplomacy. Two of Caroe's officers rose to high ranks after independence:
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of 1914. The McMahon Line ran along the crest of the Himalayan ranges east of Bhutan, and incorporated the present day
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He wrote extensively after returning to Britain in 1947. His strategic ideas proved influential in the United States:
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states that Caroe's zeal in operationalising the McMahon Line warrants it being renamed the "McMahon–Caroe Line".
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When he was deputy foreign secretary, Caroe is credited with getting the Government of India to reaffirm the
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Brobst, Peter John (March 1998), "Kashmir 1947: Sir Olaf Caroe and the question of British 'Grand Design'",
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Mehra, Parshotam (February 1972), "A Forgotten Chapter in the History of the Northeast Frontier: 1914-36",
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were withdrawn and destroyed, with the possible exception of one, kept in the Harvard Library."
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The Future of The Great Game: Sir Olaf Caroe, India's Independence, and the Defense of Asia
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The Future of the Great Game: Sir Olaf Caroe, India's Independence, and the Defense of Asia
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Gupta, Karunakar (July–September 1971), "The McMahon Line 1911-45: The British Legacy",
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Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia
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The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition & Memory in the North West Frontier
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Rudolph, Lloyd I.; Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber (25 February 2006),
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From Nile to Indus: Economics and Security in the Middle East
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in 1947. Subject to accusations that he was too close to the
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After the war, Caroe was appointed as the Governor of the
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Prior, Katherine. "Caroe, Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse".
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Soviet Empire: The Turks of Central Asia and Stalinism
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On the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the
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Born in London, Olaf Caroe was the son of architect
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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Index

KCSI
KCIE
British India
Indian Civil Service
Indian Political Service
World War II
North-West Frontier Province
Afghanistan
McMahon Line
Arunachal Pradesh
Great Game
Cold War
Great Game
William Douglas Caroe
Winchester College
Magdalen College, Oxford
demyship
Royal West Surrey Regiment
Indian Civil Service
Indian Political Service
World War II
McMahon Line
Henry McMahon
Simla Convention
Arunachal Pradesh
K. P. S. Menon
A. S. B. Shah
North-West Frontier Province
Partition of India
Muslim League

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