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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [141r] (281/520)
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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(3).
such as are contemplated hy Sarwat and his friends may
tend to clarify and moderate this pressure,
3. I trust that His Majesty’s Government fully
appreciate that Egypt in the past has been administer
ed by Egyptians with advice and assistance of a very
small body of Englishmen whose work has been rendered
possible only by the good relations we have been able
to maintain. If those relations are destroyed,
machinery of government must break down and we shall
be quite unable to restore it. It must not be sup
posed that English have even in most normal and peace
ful times attempted to govern country except as a small
leaven dependent on largest measure of co-operation by
Egyptians who have at all times held great majority of
administrative posts. Strained political situation of
last three years has brought these Englishmen to the
end o± their resources and they will be powerless in
face of situation which would arise on rejection of my
present proposals.
4. Time is a matter of vital importance; at
present counsels of moderation and conciliation pre
vail based on hope for near future. This situation
will not continue and any prolonged indications of
hesitation on the part of His Majesty’s Government
will seriously undermine my influence. Departure to
England at this juncture of two advisers could not
fail at once to have same effect. Amos Clayton
Patterson and Dowson have nothing to add to opinions
they have already expressed. They are in complete
accord with me.
5. I am prepared of course to give Your Lordship
fullest
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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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- Reference
- 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