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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [133r] (265/300)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty** Government^and^uld
be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for offfcial use.J
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EGYPT* V
POLPII CALl-
Decypher• Sir Mr Cheetilic-ii (Alexandria) 3epoeiuoer CPili 19a.v•
D. 1130 a.rn. Bepterhoer 29th 1919*
R* 8.30 p.n. Bentemner 29th 1919.
No. 1410.
Urgent.,
Prime Minister was absent in Cairo when my telegrams
No 1293 and 1294 were despatched but I have seen him twice
since his return.
He is most cordial and apparently most anxious tor our
co-operation in various schemes by which he hopes to counter
act the influence of extremists*
He persists however in his view tnat arrival of Lord
Milner 1 s Mission in immediate future will bo fatal to his
efforts to create a (? party) opposed to Baud Zaghlul.
Bitter attacks are being made on Prime Minister by
nationalist and extremist press on the ground that he
supports despatch of Mission which has now become main topic
of political discussions. He has said nothing to me directly
respecting resignation of Government in the even*o of his
advice as to postponement of Mission being disregarded but
I have little aoubt that his official letter must be taken
as a serious threat and that we cannot count upon Ministry
to resist a general movement of protest against Mission.
All reports confirm probability of latter in one form or
another.
Confidenti al*
I have learnt an excellent authority that text of
Prime Minister’s letter was discussed and approved by all trie
Ministers.
(30.9.8-4)
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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