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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [231r] (461/520)
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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The Prime Minister pointed out that on the one hand it
vrould he very awkward if the policy were announced before
Lord Allonhy had communicated it to the Sultan of Egypt .
"but v.n the other hand, after he had communicated it to
the Sultan, it would be difficult to change the policy;
in fact, it would be Lord Allenb^s last uffer 0
Consequently, the final offer would .have been-made, before
Parliament had been consulted.
THE LORD PRIVY SSAL recalled the criticisms that
had been made in the House of Commons as to the fulfil-* • •
ment of Government pledges on other questions and laid
stress on the importance of arranging a procedure that
could not be criticised in this respect.
LORD CURZOH,asked by the Prime Minister to give
his ideas of the procedure, said it was that some sort
of general sketch of the policy should be given in • . .
Parliament the same day. Then Lord Allonby would return
to Egypt taking with him his draft letter to the Sultan,
with the Government's Declaration as ah Annex, and would
present it to the Sultan of Egypt. He hoped aixrl antici
pated that Lord Alienby would be in a position to, say
that he had not only presented the levcer, but tliat
Sarwat Paoha had succeeded in forming a Ministry.
Simultaneously, the document would be presented to
Parliament. There would then be a debhte in both
Houses. The only doubt he felt was as to the situation
if Lord Alienby should not succeed in firming a Ministry.
Then a mere difficult situation would arise, for it
would be absurd to ask Parliament to agree to a policy
when no Egyptian Ministry would carry it out* He had
considerable hope, however, that this situation would
not arise. He -felt that it was very important to be in
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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