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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [137r] (273/300)
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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hl« Document Is the Property of Hi« Britannic Maje a ty» 8 Government f and shou^l
be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
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Decypher.
Sir M.
Cheethaiij,
(Cairo),
Novemoer Bth, 1919,
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R. 9,20op e m o
No.1557,
November 8*th, 1919,
Ivly telegram No, 1524 of October 3lst,
Owing to v/arnlng or further disturbances in
Alexandria onPriday October 31 et I consulted Uil itary
Authorities on previous day and after discussion with
Prime Minictor it was decided that if a demonstration
took place it should be shepherded by Police and not
interfered with as long as its character was peaceable.
British troops were only to be used in case of necess
ity but special arrangements were made to meet-any
emergency.
At 2.p,m, on 31st roughs taking part in demon
stration took advantage of an unforeseen incident of
British ambulance coming, into collision with crowd
to begin looting. 13 shops were attacked and looting
lasted 15 minutes. Almost simultaneously in another
quarter a car belonging to frontier district admin
istration containing 3 native soldiers of that Ad
ministration rushed through district the men firing
some 90 shots. Their action excited native population
of
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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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