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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [584r] (1172/1220)
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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Hospital Area : One siding and one ofif-loading platform for one
Hospital train.
R.E. Stores Depot: One loading siding (20 units i.
N.A.A.l .1. Depot : One loading siding (10 units).
(c) Marshalling and Locomotive Yards to enable one personnel
train, or one M.T. train, being despatched every three hours
throughout the twenty-four.
"'i) Wharves and other unloading facilities as required.
Note.—A ll loading sidings to have platforms corresponding with
the length of the train.
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No. 2 .
Moustapha El-Nahas Pacha to Sir Miles Lampson.
Antoniades Palace, Alexandria,
Sir, August 12 , 1936.
With reference to paragraph 18 (h) of the draft Annex to
Article H (OH 7 ) initialled the 24th July last, I have the honour to
inform Your Excellency that the work which is at present being done
on the roads Cairo-Alexandria, via Giza and the desert, and Cairo-
Suez will be pushed forward and will be completed by the end of 1936.
I avail, &c.
MOUSTAPHA EL-NAHAS,
President of the Council of Ministers.
No. 3.
Sir Miles Lampson to Moustapha El-Xahas Pacha.
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Ramleh,
gj rj August 12, 1936.
In the course of discussions on questions of detail, arising out of
paragraph 2 of Article K,( 8 ) the suggestion for the secondment of an
Egyptian economic expert for sendee at Khartum, and the Governor-
General’s wish to appoint an Egyptian officer to his personal staff as
military secretary, were noted and considered acceptable in principle.
It was also considered desirable and acceptable that the Inspector-
General of the Egyptian Irrigation Service in the Sudan should be
invited to attend the Governor-General’s Council when matters
relating to his departmental interests were before the Council.
I avail, &c.
MILES W. LAMPSON,
High Commissioner.
( 7 ) Article 8 in the Treaty as signed.
(«) Article 11 in the Treaty as signed.
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- Content
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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- Title
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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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