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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [214r] (427/520)
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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215
Th" Secretary cf Stat» f or Foreign auapl^r^nt-
th^% Prii -■» Mniatr-r^s atatorient l'y explain* 5 n <7 that tha
pioc-dur^ would b- that lord Allonby should return to v gy^t
with th- tvo docur^nts, and should endanvour to ^orrr* a ^ov-
om r ‘°nt on this hosia. On its acceptance and t}v> -Tor^ation
of an Egyptian Oov^rnr^nt, the Declaration ”-ould be presented
to the Prir.j.sh Parliar-ent, and would not be ratified until
after a Debate in both houses.
In the course of the subsequent discussion the
Attorney-General w r as asked wheth'-r the British Government’s
proposed Declaration would have the r orc e of a Treaty. Sup—
posing, t* 0 r example, an Egyptian Government '"as set up as a
Sovereign Independent State, and, having joined the League of
Nations, put in question the whole validity o"the British
position, would the Declaration sufficiently establish British
claims? *’ ; as independence compatible with the conditions
imposed?
Sir Gordon H' wart said he was unable to say what view
th^ League of Nations would take, but the document must
undoubtedly be read as a whol^, and the grant of independence
could not be separated from the conditions,
Wr Balfour pointed out. that in any e^ent one dissenti-
+■ volc» was su^^i cl ent to prevent action bj r the League
Nations.
The S'- crotary of State for Fo:- sign Affairs stated
that he had felt some misgivings In regard to the possible
attxtude of the proposed Fgyptian Parliament, As the result
of enquiries he had learn d that a Constitution had been
dra^n up "^or the proposed Fgyptian Parliament. Egyptian
Ministers did not wjsh to b^ too much at th^ mercy of this
body, and had provided for a somewhat old-fashioned Constitu
tion with two Chambers, one of '» r hich would be composed
nominated members. This would tend to alleviate tbv situa
tion.
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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