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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [54r] (107/520)
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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5
There v^s no use in granting concessions in topes of
conciliating Muslim opinion; the Muslims would only think
we were frightened of them* For thousands of years
the Egyptians had never enjoyed self-government• Whenever
they were left alone the country fell into confusion and
foreign intervention became necessary* That had happened
several times in the course of history; it sould happen
again. If we withdrew, some other foreign Power would
take our place in Egypt. Broadly our attitude should bo
that which we had adopted in the case of India. Ho was
opposed to the title of Ambassador for the British
Representative; ho should have some title that connected
the association of Egypt with British power, and would shew
that Egypt had Britain at hand to support and help her.
He believed that the negotiations with the Egyptian
Delegates had^done good, and that Adly ^naha had been
pleased to negotiate with the British Government.
# It was pointed out that in Column "A" (I) Termination
of Protectorate, it was stated that His ilajesty*s Government
would recognise Egypt as an independent State, but th.-.t
the subsequent clauses of the Convention really deprived
Egypt oP her independency. The Egyptians would inevitably
point out the inconsistence and would charge us with bad
faith. It was suggested that for "independent" some
other word, such as "self-governing*, autonomous , or
"sovereign", should be substituted.
The Cabinet agreed —
That the terms of the Convention, as
approved by the Cabinet on luly 11th, 19£1,
(Column "A" of C.*. 3453) should bo adhered
to subject to the amendments enumerated
below.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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