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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [132r] (263/300)
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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ia the Property Britannic Ma]esty» a Government, and should
be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use. I
POLITICAL.
-Oe cypher . Sir L f Sheet hem (Cairo) September 26th 1919.
P . 1 .25 p jn. September 26th 1919 „
R. 10.25 a.m. September 27th 1919,
No . 1394 .
Very Urgent.
My immediately preceding telegram,
I agree with (? Prime Minister) that from point of view
of restoration of normal Government in Lgypt and of value of
work of Lord Milner's Mission it would be better that unless
a long delay v r ould be involved the arrival of Mission should
be 5 . 0 s oned until Peace terms shall have been imposed on turkey
x nave discussed question of public order with Sir G.
Clayton. We think any recrudescence of disturbance must be put
down by British forces as civil administration has not yet
regained its hold and cannot be depended on to suppress trouble
or forestall its outbreak, Mahommed Said considers both
Mudirs and police in-effective.
There is some evidence that influence of extremists is
slowly weakening and that they find it harder to get money.
But they are making every effort to restore their prestige
by taxing advantage of economic unrest and stirring up an
outburst of feeding against Mission. Most prominent foreign
representatives here have warned me of this movement
7 ,9 f 8 *- 4)
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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
- 1r:14v, 28r:33v, 54r:54v, 67r:69v, 79v, 84r:85v, 119r:120v, 126r:150v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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