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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [116v] (232/300)
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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was therefore needed into the conduct of either the one or the
other v/ae really absurd.
As regards the present position, I should feel inclined to
vJlBtete the case as follow*. Allenby was sent to fpiro i^ the
main because of his nilitary prestige, with fill authority to
settle a question which was at that tine mainly military in
aspect. The movement had turned out to be far more widely
seated and far-reachinp; than was then anticipated. Normality
had indeed as yet by no means bo an restored. To such an
extent was this the case that the Mission under Lord Milner,
which it was contemplated to send, was now to be postponed,
with Allenby 1 s own consent, to the Autumn. It would
probably not be before the end of the year, if then, that the
Mission would bo able to report. In these circumstances
it seemed undesirable, and even impossible, to suspend
Allenby from the discharge of the duties which the Government
had laid upon him, since any such proceeding might involve a
revival of the trouble in ^gypt which we were slowly engaged
in composing. The Government therefore did not intend to
move Allenby at present, but proposed to confirm him in his
position. This did not involve any disavowal of either the
policy
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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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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
- 59r:61v, 74r:75v, 83v, 115r:118v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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