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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [215r] (429/520)
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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In the course of the discussion attention was drawn
to the inconsistency between Article 1 o^ the draft Declara
tion, which declared Egypt to be an Independent Sovereign
gfat 0 , and Article 3, which reserved important matters to
the discretion o^ His Majesty's Government. This was felt
to be unavoidable.
Some discussion took place in regard to the draft
letter to be sent by Lord Allenby (Paper C.P.-3745). Some
criticism was directed against paragraph 5, but it was
pointed out that this paragraph enunciated no new policy
and was intended merely as a reply to criticisms o" the
despatch of December 1921.
The suggestion was made that the last sentence of
paragraph 6, viz.:—
"They are claimed without any desire to
impair Egyptians enjoying *'ull rights
o r a national Government \
was hardly consistent with the reservations wads in the
interests of British Imperial needs. In view of Lord
AllXnby's insistence on the suspicion which would be aroused
in Egypt if material alterations were made in the draft, it
was considered that it would suffice to alter the first
words, "they are claimed" to "they were, claimed".
In reply to a question. Lord Curzon informed his
colleagues that the capitulations remained unaffected by the
policy contemplated. The negotiations already begun would be
continued by the British Foreign Office, with the co-operation
of the Egyptian Foreign Office.
^h^ Cabinet agreed —
(a) To approve the draft Declaration to
Egypt' ( :
(b) That Lord Allenby should endeavour to
form an Egyptian e j0 vernment on the basrs
of™his Declaration. On the formation of
such a Government he should eomjnaruuate
the Declaration to the Sultan of g., i •
"he Declaration should be simultaneous!.,
communicated to the British Parliament,
but should not he rati'd-d until a te.
a fl^hat* in both T >u f '•r:
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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