Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [‎56r] (111/473)

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THE LEAGUE
OP NATIONS
MEETING AT
BRUSSELS.
INTER-ALLIED
AND ANGLG-
AMERIOAN
DEBTS.
THE STATUS
CP EGYPT.-
(1) The Prime Minister, cn behalf of his colleagues,
congratulated and thanked Mr Balfour on the singularly
successful way in which he had represented British inter
ests at the recent meeting of the Council of the League
of Nations at Brussels, and more particularly in connection
with the question of the Court of International Justice.
(2) With reference to Cabinet 30 (00), Concluojon ^,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the question
of Inter-Allied and Anglo-A* eric an debts had now become
urgent, and he had asked that it might be placed on the
Agenda for that day. In view, however, of the urgency of .
discussing the status of Egypt, he did not wish to press
the matter, provided that it could be discussed at a very
early date.
The Secretary was instructed to place
the Question on the Agenda Paper of the
next meeting of the Cabinet, on Wednesday
next, November 3rd.
j pripn t t o the G o nf e e
(3) Lord Milner made a full statement
ln connection with the visit of his Special Mission to Egypt.
and proposed recommendations regarding th r future stat
that country. A summary of this statener.t, as "ell as
explanations civen in reply to certain questions, is given
in the Ap^sMii*
There was general agreement that if any Treaty were
to be enacted, it should provide, inter alia, that in cases
where non-Egyptians were required to act in an advisory
capacity as Government officials or o^ice-9,
„ officers, they
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