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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [123r] (245/520)
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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us tvuo oiiaraotor, not as an aot of arbitrary rotribu-
tion, but as an ossantial praliainary to a final att-mpt
to roeliso tbs ftiondly relations with Jroat Britain
^hioh in spito of disappointmont, they still dosiro and
vj hich aro saroly a naoassity to His tta Jo sty's Sovernmant.
I am convinced that there is no other means of maintaining
friendly disposition of those political elements m
Egypt, who, through times difficult enough 101 vhc-^.s^ 1’. c3
have helped us and dealt etraightforwnraiy with us, and
of assuaging hostility of others, than to give this
plodge regarding abolition of protectorate. 1 am
equally convinced that this is the moment to give it.
Atmosphere wlUoh toa become calm and is non expectant
is not litoly to renain so without a striding act
conciliation on our part and if expectations aro again
disappointed, I despair not only of forming an Egyptian
Ministry, but of any future except a state of alter
nating outbreaks and repressions cf which I have already
had sufficient experience which are detrimental both to
Egypt and to Sreat Britain, and of which end would be
in default of complete capitulation on our part,
anno ation and arbitrary government of a bitterly hostile
countryo
I can conceive of no more lamentable oni to our
wori in 2gypt which we have been cooustomox to no-d up
to the admiration of the world.
Ky views have the solid and whole-hearted
support of my advisors without the least divergence and I
must very earnestly bog Your Lordship to obtain the approv
of His Majesty's Government to terms of this letter
without modification and to authorise mo to address it
to the Sultan without delay-.
I urgently request early reply by telegraph.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence