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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [132r] (263/520)
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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But 'they foil through oBlng to the oonsolid-itlon rf national-
'int opinicn in Bgypt and to tho procure oxorcioocl by the
Zaghl'aliJt Party u Since then wo have boon without an
Egyptian Govormnont; and tho adrainiatr'ttim hae only
scraped along under martial law, and with tho aid of the
British Undo r - So c r o t a r i o s in the various Departments
Such a condition c a moot oi course continue indefinitely;
for it is the negation of Governmoht; it Will increasingly
alienate all the more friendly elements in the. Egyptian com
munity; it will provoke periodical if not chronic disturbances
;‘.and risings; and, as I also pointed out to the Cabinet and as
Lord-Alionby now admits, it will load either to a complete
ultimate capitulation an ■ our part or tc tho necessity of
.annexation-*'
Iheso arc tho circumstances in which Lord Alien! y comes
forward with a- renewed proposal* There aepears to be a
temporary reaction among the better elements an-inst tho
policy of unccmpr omising hostility to Great Britain which
• has manifested itself during.the last si: we oka; lord Allonby
has ail tho tine Lc.on busily occupied with private negotia
tions; and he now tolls us, with the agprcv-al ex'ill his
advisers, that tho.-.psychological moment has arrived when' wo
can either obtain an Egyptian Ministry cn .'the terms which ho
suggests,' or must abend cn all hope of cone ill at i oil* .The delay
of a few days necessitated: by my absence abroad and the
impossibility of consulting my. cello ague s may already have
imperilled the chances of agreement, since tho nature ox tho
compromise and the formation and oven the ccmpositicn of the
proposed Government dayo been fully revealed -and. widely can
vassed in tho Egyptian--Proon; mn it is by no me ans certain
that, 'before we have telegraphed our decision, S.irvvat pacha
may not have boon terrified into withdrawal>
Let mo accordiugly enaminc tho conditions now put forward.
They
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence