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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [50r] (99/520)
The record is made up of 1 file (260 folios). It was created in 10 Jul 1921-27 Feb 1922. It was written in English and French. 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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1 ,. With referenoa to Cabinet S'fcfEl), Conolusion 5, the
Cabinet had before them a Note by the Seorctary of State
for Foreign Affairs (C.P.3453),tho Keport of Lord Curzon’s
Committee, (0.P.3458) together v/ith a Mentr andtun by the
Soorotary of State for War on Military Kequire-r.ents in
Egypt (G.P.3465)*
THE PKXME MINISTER statod that it v/as important to
discuss certain aspects of the Egyptian question with
Lord Allenby, who was returning to his oost to-morrow.
Tho main question in regard to whioh he especially desired
to laamLord Allenby's views, was the disposition of the
troops. He enquired if there was any dace on the sweet
water oanal, between Cairo and Isi%fl-ia, where the troops
could be located if the Egyptian Government consented to
build the neoessary barracks.
LORD ALLEN BY was of an opinion that a site could be
found noar Zagazig on the sweet water oanal. It would bo
an unpopular station among the troops as compared with
Cairo and Alexandria, but it would bo healthy. -’ater
could be obtained there from shadow wells in the even*,
of the wwoet water oanal being cut. Tel-el-Acbir was
the nearest point to Cairo where there was cultivation.
The sweet water canal could be blocked in two or throe
days, but it would take a week for it to run dry at jjagazig*
In reoly to questions, Ldhl) ilLLEUBY stated that if
the troops were removed from Cairo and Alexandria, the
Europeans would be left without immediate protection, but
troops at Abbassia and Ilustaphn could reach Cairo and
Alexandria in about an hour. Between Abbassia and the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in Cairo lay four miles of the cost populous
cart of tho town, which separated the European quarter
from the troops.
If he returned to Cairo now leaving the negotiations
still in progress, it was possible that no disturbances
might occur. There ni^ht be a general strike, but ho
believed he could, maintain order for a time with g^present
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and other papers concerning the political situation in Egypt and negotiations between the British Government and an Egyptian delegation for the end of the British Protectorate in Egypt. The papers cover the effort to come to an agreement on future relations between the two parties following negotiations in the summer of 1921 and up until Britain's unilateral declaration of the end of the protectorate in February 1922.
The majority of the memoranda is written by Foreign Office officials, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Curzon. Records of meetings of the Cabinet and a sub-committee on the Egyptian situation, and of a few high-level gatherings at 10 Downing Street, make up a substantial part of the file. There is also a large amount of correspondence between Curzon and Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner of Egypt, on the question of Egyptian independence and events in Egypt. Other papers include printed collections relating to the Egyptian situation that were presented to Parliament.
At the back of the file is a chronological summary and a résumé of events in Egypt since the publication of the report of the Milner Mission to Egypt (folios 238-260).
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- 1 file (260 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 260; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-260; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Mss Eur F112/262
- Title
- Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 4r:5v, 8r:9v, 11r:19v, 23r:44v, 49r:260v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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