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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [17r] (33/300)
The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920. 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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The following are extracts from private tele-
-grams and correspondence between the Foreign Office and my-
-self in regard to the effect on the Egyptians of the policy
of self-determination and the reception by me of three Egypt-
-ian nationalists leaders on the 16th November 1918 at 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.
.
It is now past history but as my action in
receiving the gentlemen has been questioned, I think it is
right you should know what actually occurred and my views on
the subject.
I am of opinion that it is to the credit of
these Nationalists that they should have come in the first
instance to expose their views to the High Commissioner, thus
showing confidence in the Representative of His .Majesty's
Government.
Had they kept secret their very advanced views
which had been much strengthened by the issue of the self-
deterMnation proclamation for Syria, Palestine, Arabia and
Mesopotamia, we might have been face to face with serious
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The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office, Board of Trade, Board of Education, as well as those within the Egyptian civil service.
The papers discuss the situation in Egypt following unrest by nationalists in 1919, including how to respond to the crisis, accounts of events on the ground, and plans to form a special mission to investigate the causes and propose solutions. Several pages of Curzon's manuscript notes are contained in the file.
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- 1 file (150 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 150, 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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- Mss Eur F112/259
- Title
- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 15r:21v, 25r:27v, 34r:34v, 94r:95v, 96r:96v, 98r:108v, 111r:114v
- Author
- Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald, 1st Baronet
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