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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [195r] (389/520)
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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Government mean the same thing ae Lord Allonhy and
hie adviaorn a document could, and should, ho
drawn up which would state it clearly and without
ambiguity. Was he to understand that L'rd i^llenhy
did net intend to let gc of Egypt?
Lord Allenby said his intention had been
to state that there were some things which we weie
willing to let Egypt have beginning with the
withdrawal ef the Protectorate. Cur guarantee for
the powers we wished to retain were that we had
kept the country for 40 years and could continue to
do so for another 4-d years if we so desired.
The Prime Minister said that if Lord Allenby 1 s
draft despatch had been approved and sent, every
fez in Cairo would have been thrown into the air and
every Egyptian would have interpreted it as meaning
that the British were to be cleared out of Egypt and
that they had entire independence. His suggestion
was that two people, one representing Lord Allenby
and one representing the British Government, should
put down in plain terms exactly what was intended and
tell the Egyptians in clear and definite terms how
far we were prepared to go. If the Egyptians would
not accept these terms then they must be told that
they would have to.
Lord Allenby said that in that case he could
not gc back to Egypt. It was perfectly well
known in Egypt that his policy was as indicated
in the draft letter.
The Prime Minister asked if Lord Allenby
considered that Hr. Amos had interpreted the
letter wrongly.
Lord Allenby replied in the negative.
/The Prime Minister
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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