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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [‎71r] (141/520)

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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intended, I consider the time opportune for a hold
lead on the part of His Majesty's Government
designed to give those Egyptians who are not dis
inclined to work with us in Egypt a constructive
programme,
4* In his final conversation with Your Lordship
Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. enquired why His Majesty's Government did
not of their own volition put in force scheme outlined
in rejected draft treaty. Your Lordship's reply did
not appear to exclude adoption of this course pro
vided that an Egyptian ministry could he found willing
to co-operate. Declaration which has now been made
again asserts impossibility of giving effect to
proposals embodied in draft convention without
consent and co-operation of Egyptian nation but
states in final paragraph that Hie Majesty's Government
are prepared to consider any method of carrying out
proposals whenever Egyptian government may desire,
I have on more than one occasion in the past year
expressed view that no signed agreement v/as possible
unless Great Britain was disposed to grant greater
measure of independence to Egypt than she is obviously
ready to do and that it would consequently in the
end be necessary for her to declare her own policy
and put it into effect,
5„ Eventuality foreseen has arisen and we must
meet it,
6, Will Your Lordship leave it to my discretion,
if I consider time has come, to infoim the Sultan
that His Majesty's Government are prepared to put
into

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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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English and French in Latin script
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