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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [103r] (207/473)
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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l*aa coi.iplotoly the upper hr.:id• The practical quention wac whether
the price which the hiacion war prepared to recommend Great Britain
to pa^ ror this separation of the ohocp from the coats vraa too hich#
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had quite clearly pointed
out its weal: points. It had always been made perfectly clear to the
Egyptians with v/hom his (Lord hilner f o) mission had been dealing,
that His majesty 1 3 Goverment wero not com littod in any way, although
he personally and his colleagues wero committed to advocating a aottlo-
lacnt on the lines laid down in their henorandum of August last.
THE PRIiiE 1 nlTISTBR said ho would like Lord J'ilncr to give a picture
of what he thought would bo achieved under his proposals. He wondered
whether the Egyptians would bo prepared to take advice now in the some
way as they did twenty years .ago, for it must bo re: embered that at
that time the situation was very different. For example, the Egyptian
Government could not got any money, whereas now they probably would
think that they could raise a loan just as well as anyone else.
LORD RILNIR said that his idea Tfas that, under his scheme, the
situation would revert to what it was twenty or thirty years ago, when
the British Government had much less actual power ih Egypt but much
greater influence. Unuor the present arrangement the want of co
operation between British and Egyptians threatened to bring things
entirely to a standstill, and he thought wo would get much greater
efficiency if rre gave up direct control and relied more on influence,
ne did not think that anyone doubted for a moment that the Egyptians
would have to have come foreign help, and that they would prefer
British to any other. But they certainly wanted greater freedom
to run their domestic affairs on their own lines. Then he had been
m Egypt previously, we confined our direct action to finance and
irrigation. It was a later and much more doubtful development when
we began to take charge of all branches of administration especially
the Interior,
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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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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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