1:11:03
Well, general, I will leave you.
1:11:05
Major Lawrence doubtless
has reports to make...
1:11:08
...about my people
and their weakness...
1:11:12
...and the need to keep them
in the British interest.
1:11:19
And the French interest too.
We must not forget the French.
1:11:22
I told you, no such treaty exists.
1:11:24
Yes, general, you have lied
most bravely, but not convincingly.
1:11:29
I know this treaty does exist.
1:11:31
Treaty, sir?
1:11:35
He does it better than you, general.
1:11:37
But then, of course,
he is almost an Arab.
1:11:54
You really don't know?
1:11:58
Then what the devil's this?
1:12:01
It's my request
for release from Arabia, sir.
1:12:04
Why? Are you sure you haven't
heard of the Sykes-Picot Treaty?
1:12:08
No.
1:12:10
-I can guess.
-Don't guess. Tell him.
1:12:15
Well, now....
1:12:17
Mr. Sykes is as English civil servant.
1:12:20
Monsieur Picot is
a French civil servant.
1:12:23
Mr. Sykes and Monsieur Picot met,
and they agreed that after the war...
1:12:28
...France and England should
share the Turkish Empire.
1:12:31
Including Arabia.
1:12:33
They signed an agreement,
not a treaty, sir.
1:12:37
An agreement to that effect.
1:12:41
There may be honour among thieves,
but there's none in politicians.
1:12:44
And let's have
no displays of indignation.
1:12:47
You may not have known,
but you certainly had suspicions.
1:12:51
If we've told lies,
you've told half-lies.
1:12:54
And a man who tells lies, like me,
merely hides the truth.
1:12:59
But a man who tells half-lies
has forgotten where he put it.