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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [138v] (281/1220)
The record is made up of 1 volume (606 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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46
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Article 13.
/ \ F^vDtian Government undertakes at the request of the
(a) The Egypt a n reasonable steps to secure
f
(a\ The Egyptian Government unu C iu^ c = ox the ap pr( ,
>1 Fri+kh authority to take all reasonable steps to secure the attend
“w The Gove—of ^ memte'of
forces'as a wtaess at any proceedings before the Egyptian Courts, indu^
Kd Courts court,— ^
the‘appropriate 1 official ^f^the 0 Ministry o? Justice or the PresKf^
Tribunal concerned.
Article 14.
The Egyptian Government and the Government of the United Kingdom
aeree 6 that it is desirable that any person, ordered to attend a BriM
mUitarv tribunal under Article 13 (a) above and who ,s accused of an„|
Se following offences, should be amenable to prosecution before the appro
"Egyptian Court, that is to say:
m being duly summoned makes default in attending; or
(ii) refuses to take oath or make a solemn declaration legally required
to be taken or made; or
t\\\\ refuses to produce any document in his power or control legally
required to be produced by him; or
r s re f use s when a witness to answer any question to which the te-
bunal may legally require an answer, or
(v) is guilty of contempt of the tribunal by using insulting or threaten
1 1 Jg language or by causing interruption or disturbance in the
proceedings of such tribunal, or
(vi) when examined on oath or solemn declaration before the tribunal
^ wilfully gives false evidence.
Similarly it is desirable that a person ordered to attend an Egyptian
tribunal under Article 13 (f>) above who commits any of the offences ip®
fled above, shall be amenable to prosecution before the appropnate Brits:
military tribunal.
The exact manner and the extent, however, to which efiect can be given
to the two preceding paragraphs of this article depends upon the lavs of
the United Kingdom and of Egypt respectively, and the two Governments
agree that there shall be further discussion at a later date in regard to
this matter.
* * *
Article 16.
The privileges and immunities provided for in the present Convention
only apply to persons stationed with or attached to those forces of
Majesty who are present in Egypt in accordance with the provisions o.
the Treaty of Alliance and as further defined in Article i above.
As regards military and air force personnel, the limitations as to numbers
provided for in the said Treaty (without prejudice to the provisions
Article 7 thereof) apply.
(4i94r—7) Wt. 4—x 750 ”/37 P- St. G. 416
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, including Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This negotiation of the revision of the capitulations was one of the provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.
The correspondence in the volume relates mainly to British interests and negotiating issues as well as the difference between British subjects, British protected persons and citizens; errors in some of the drafting and how these mistakes should be rectified, and the process of ratification of the convention by all parties concerned including the Egyptian Government and the governments of the Dominions.
Included in the volume are the following documents:
- a printed copy of the 'Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937 No. 936 FOREIGN JURISDICTION The Egypt Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937' (ff 116-139)
- a printed report (ff 295-312) to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Eden, on the proceedings of the Montreux Conference for the abolition of Capitulations in Egypt
- 'Egypt No. 1 (1936) Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and his Majesty the King of Egypt ... Convention concerning the Immunities and Privleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egypt, London, August 26, 1936' (Cmd. 5270) (ff 574-589)
- 'Instruments signed at Montreux on May 8th, 1937' and 'Report on the Convention regarding the abolition of capitulations ...' (in French and English) (ff 363-435)
- a printed memorandum 'Procedure for Giving Effect to Capitulations: Provisions of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' (ff 590-601)
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); HM High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; President of the Council of Ministers, Cairo (Mustapha El-Nahas).
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (606 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 608; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:13v, 15r:28v, 30r:88v, 92r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:164v, 167r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:202v, 205r:212v, 214r:310v, 313r:361v, 436r:439v, 441r:443v, 446r:486v, 489r:503v, 506r:530v, 533r:550r, 552r:589v, 591r:607v, back-i
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