Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎577r] (1158/1220)

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outside the scope of the obligations of the Keret- n( 110 not Wl
paragraph 4. The plans and specifications of eacf?f the G °TT\ nt Under
taken by the Egypt,an Government shaH be approved bv the S * 0 be Mder -
of both Governments on this committee befole the wort • h reSCntatlTes
member of this committee, as well as the Commanders “f t he BrTb f AnJ
or their representatives, shall have the ricrV 1 + § 0t Brit,sl1 forces
stages of their construction, and the S*Hed VS'" 6 T* at a "
committee may make suggestions as regards the manner^n^^Wl, ° f ^
i xrned out. The United Kingdom members shill nkn ^ hl ^ th . e wor h
owe at any time, while the work is in procross m-onn w' 6 the 1 .^ 1 S ht bo
or alterations in the plans and specificatfons ’ FffV .,4 shill , " odlficat;lo n s
suggest.ons and proposals by the United Kingdom member snWert’to” thl
condition that they are reasonable and do not fill ntr+da xV J ct t0 the
obligations of the Egyptian Government ullcr paragrtl, 4 Tn P fh ^
of machmery and other stores, where standardization oftype is Important
,t ,s agreed that stores of the standard type in general use by t ” BriS
forces will be obtained and installed. It is of course !w rr-
Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom may, when the barrllks fnd
accommodat.on are being used by the British forces, make at their o™
expense improvements or alterations thereto and construct new buM°ngs
in the areas specified in paragraph 2 above. n gs
6. In pursuance of their programme for the development of road and
railway communications ,n Egypt, and in order to bring the means of
communications m Egypt up to modern strategic requirements, the Egyptian
Government will construct and maintain the following road , bridges and
(A)— Hoads.
Zayat, 1 UamanW Xandria ’ Via Tel - el - Kcbir ’ Zifta, Tanta, Kafr-el-
Sweet Water'cana'^to Hdiep^s'^^" * ,,d ‘ he “~
(iii) Port Said-Ismailia-Suez.
(iv) A link between the south end of the Great Bitter Lake and the Cairo-
Suez road about 15 miles w^est of Suez.
In order to bring them up to the general standard of good-class roads for
gL'iioral traffic, these roads will be 20 feet wide, have hye-passes round villages,
&c., and be made of such material as to be permanently utilisable for mili
tary purposes, and will be constructed in the above order of importance.
They will comply with the technical specifications set out below which are
the ordinary specifications for a good-class road for general traflic.
Bridges and roads shall be capable of carrying a double line of continuous
columns of either heavy four-wheeled mechanical transport, six-wheeled
mechanical transport or medium tanks. With regard to four-wheeled vehicles,
the distance between the front axle of one vehicle and the rear axle of the
vehicle next ahead shall be calculated at 20 feet, the load on each icar axle
to be 14 tons, on each front axle to be 6 tons and the distance between axles
18 feet. With regard to six-wheeled vehicles, the distance between the front
axle of one vehicle and the rear axle of that next ahead shall be calculated
to be 20 feet, between rear axle and middle axle to be 4 feet and between
middle axle and front axle 13 feet; the load on each rear and middle axle
to be 8-1 tons and on each front axle to be 4 tons. Tanks shall he calculated
for as weighing 19-25 tons, to he 25 feet over all in length and to have a
distance of 3 feet between the front of one tank and the rear of the next
ahead; the load of 19-25 tons to be carried by tracks which have a bearing
of 13 feet upon the road or bridge.
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