Cairo Conference. Churchill is present, accompanied by his wife. He will then return to London, via Naples, after passing through Palestine. Among the many attendees at the conference is the famous Lawrence of Arabia. However, there are no Arabs in their characteristic long robes. Churchill hopes he will not have to deal with them. He will meet them only in Jerusalem. In Cairo, the idea is to install Feisal and Abdullah, sons of King Hussein, as emirs of Iraq and Trans-Jordan. Iraq is considered the most difficult country to control, and the (naive) idea is to simply call in the RAF to bomb the insurgents whenever necessary, without involving ground troops. There is also discussion of establishing Jewish settlements in Palestine, since Jews will never be so numerous as to annoy the Arabs. And Churchill also proposes an autonomous Kurdish entity. The Italians withdraw from the islands off Turkey, while the Greeks and English remain.
