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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [151r] (301/520)
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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EGYPT.
(2) With reference to Cabinet 2 (22) $,
the Cabinet had before theni telegraphic comosnondenoe
v/hich had been exchanged between the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs and Lo^d Allenby {C >?'-7>64:?>) „
THE SHCHETAHY 0? STATE FOH P<T HIGH ATE -X'.S
reminded the Cabinet that at the last moet^n^ ^t
had been dacid.ed that it 'vae undesirable to reach a
conclusion in regard to Ejynt in the absence of the
Lord Pri^y Seal, and that a desire had boon expressed
for more infornation as to the exact state of Egypt*
He had accordingly telegraphed to Lord Allenby on the
18th January (see telegram Ko,21.R)» He had c.irculated
to the Cabinet Lord Allenby’s reply of the 20th January
(llo r27). In that telegram Lord Allenby had explained
and defended his present action and had indulged in
so-inis prognostications as to the situation which would
arise in Egypt if his advice were not accepted* In his
second tolegrai? of the 20th January, which was- intended
to be personal to himself (Lord Curzon),he had threaten
ed to resign if his advice were -^ot accepted* His
third telegram of the 20th January wag also a personal
telegram to himself in reply to one which he had sent
in order to acquaint Lord Allenby of the visws that had
been expressed by the members of the Cabinet when the
Egyptian question had boon discussed on the 18th January,
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In his reply Lord Allenby had referred to the fact that
the British forces were the solo effective guarantee
of air position In Egypt, but he regretted that Lord
Allenby had not taken up his suggestion to expand his
letter to the Sultan in such a way as to get over the
difficulties which had been foreseen by certain members
of the Cabinet*
/L(TT) otjhzon
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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