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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [2r] (3/473)
The record is made up of 1 file (237 folios). It was created in 15 May 1920-14 Oct 1921. It was written in English. 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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COMPOSITION OP THE SPECIAL MISSION TO EGYPT.
The Right Hon. the Viscount Milner, G.C.B.,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, His Majesty’s
* Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies (Chairman).
The Right Hon. Sir Rennell Rodd, G.C.B.;
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, G.C.V.O.
General the Right Hon. Sir John G. Maxwell, G.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
C.V.O., D.S.O.
Brigadier-General Sir Owen Thomas, M.P.
J. A. Spender, Esq.
C. J. B. Hurst, Esq., C.B., K.C., Foreign Office.
A. T. Loyd, Esq., O.B.E. (Secretary).
E. M. B. Ingram, Esq., O.B.E., Foreign Office (Assistant Secretary
and Private Secretary to the Chairman).
Viscount Milner to Earl Curzon.
My Lord, Colonial Office, May 17, 1920.
THE Special Mission to Egypt, of which I have the honour to be Chairman,
before leaving Cairo in March last drew up certain conclusions, which I now beg to
submit for your consideration. In arriving at these conclusions the members of the
Mission were unanimous.
It is the intention of the Mission to furnish you in due course with a full report,
giving an account of the method and course of our enquiry and Containing the evidence
and arguments on which the present memorandum is based. But inasmuch as the
preparation of this full report will, in view of the great mass of material to be digested
and arranged, require a good deal more time, and meanwhile His Majesty’s Government
may be looking to us for guidance with regard to the immediate political situation in
Egypt, we have thought it right to place our views on this branch of the subject before
you without more elaboration. I hope that the urgency of the case will be held to
excuse the summary and somewhat dogmatic form in which these views are presented.
I have, &c.
MILNER.
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The file contains official correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office, Board of Trade, Board of Education, as well as those within the Egyptian civil service.
The file contains copies of reports of the Special Mission to Egypt (folios 1-7, 75-93, and 175-194), led by Lord Alfred Milner, whose purpose was to investigate and advise following the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Much of the content of the file is in response to the findings and recommendations of the Mission and discusses the possibilities of a political settlement with Egypt.
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- 1 file (237 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 76a.
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- Mss Eur F112/260
- Title
- Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 42r:50v, 53r:76v, 76ar:76av, 77r:140v, 143r:143v, 144ar, 144r:235v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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