Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [‎45v] (90/520)

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Drafts of (Column A) Principal Clauses of a suggested Convention as approved
by Cabinet on July 11, 1921; (Column B) Modifications thereof; (Column ^
Conditions as demanded by the Egyptian Delegation.
A.
I.—Termination of Protec
torate.
1. The Government of His
Britannic Majesty agree, in
consideration of the conclusion
and ratification of the present
treaty, to terminate the Protec
torate declared over Egypt on the
18th December, 1914, and thence
forth to recognise Egypt as an
independent State under a con
stitutional monarchy.
There is hereby concluded, and
there shall henceforth subsist,
between the Government and
people of His Britannic Majesty
on the one hand, and the Govern
ment and people of Egypt on the
other hand, a perpetual treaty
and bond of peace, amity and
alliance.
II.—Military Dispositions.
2. Great Britain undertakes to
support Egypt in the defence of
her vital interests and of the
integrity of her territory.
For the discharge of these
obligations and for the due pro
tection of British Imperial com
munications, British forces shall
have free passage through Egypt,
and shall be maintained at such
places in Egypt and for such
periods as shall from time to
time be determined. They shall
also at all times have facilities,
for the acquisition and * use or
barracks, exercise grounds, aero
dromes and naval yards, and for
the free use of naval harbours.
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B.
I.—Termination of Protec
torate.
1. (Same as column A.)
II.—Military Dispositions.
2. It is recognised that the
main object for which Great
Britain is called upon to main
tain a military force in Egypt
is for the protection of her
Imperial communications, and
that, in addition, she is under
the obligation of supporting
Egypt in defending tbe integrity
of her territory and of safe
guarding foreign interests in
Egypt, including the safety of
the lives and property of
foreigners.
For the discharge of these
obligations British forces shall
have free passage through Egypt,
and shall be maintained at such
places in Egypt and for such
periods as shall from time to
time be determined. They shall
also at all times have facilities
for the acquisition ami use of
barracks, exercise grounds, aero
dromes and naval yards, and for
the free use of naval harbours.
The disposition of troops shall
in the first instance be as follows :
If within one year after the
coming into force of the treaty
the condition of the country so
permits, the British forces at or
in the neighbourhood of Cairo
shall be concentrated at Abbassia,
and similarly the British forces
at or in the neighbourhood of
Alexandria shall be concentrated
at Mustafa Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Abu Kir.
The remaining British forces,
in such numbers as His Majesty’s
C.
I.—Termination of Protec
torate.
1. (Same as column A.)
II.—Military Dispositions.
2. The sole object for the
maintenance of a British military
force on Egyptian territory in
time of peace being the protec
tion of British Imperial com
munications, all British troops
shall be stationed in the zone of
the Suez Can'al outside the
neutral zone; aerodromes and
other auxiliary services shall be
established in the same district,
and the presence of these troops
shall not constitute a military
occupation of Egypt nor in
any way infringe her sovereign
rights.
The right of passage across
Egyptian territory and the use
of Egyptian harbours and aero
dromes shall only be open to
British forces in time of war
though facilities for military
transport between tbe Canal zone
and the nearest port will at all
times be accorded.