1918 Clemenceau–Lloyd George Agreement (Middle East)
The Clemenceau–Lloyd George Agreement of 1 December 1918 was a verbal agreement which modified the 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement in respect to Palestine and the Mosul Vilayet. The latter component is also known as the Mosul cession. The agreement was between British and French Prime Ministers David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau, and took place at the French Embassy in London.
The agreement was controversial because the French did not appear to have gained any substantial changes from Britain in return for their concessions of Mosul and Palestine.
John J McTague Jr wrote that "Despite the informality of this agreement, Lloyd George and Clemenceau held to it and it became the basis for legitimizing the British claim to Palestine."
The agreement was finalised in a meeting at Deauville in 1919.
