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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [82r] (163/300)
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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Foreign Office,
May 19th, 1919.
It was most unfortunate on Saturday that your
message for me came a few minutes after I had left
for the station. It was one of the three Sundays
that I have "been av/ay this year, and I went to
Panshanger, within easy reach, hut unluckily the
last snowstorm had destroyed the telephones.
You must have wished to speak to me about
Egypt before you left for Paris. The more I hear
from Egyptian residents returning home, and the more
I think about it, the less certain I feel that it is
desirable for Lord Milner T s Mission to go out to
Egypt at once. The affect of the Missions
immediate departure would undoubtedly help the situa
tion here. But I am not at all sure that Egypt is
in a fit condition to receive a Mission. Disturb
ances, though on a small scale, and even attempts to
attack
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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
- 22r:23v, 82r:83v, 109r:110v
- Author
- Graham, Sir William Ronald
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