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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [104r] (209/473)
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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A short discussion then ensued regarding the system which,
had been in vogue in yrypt in years gone by, during which
it was pointed out that His Majesty’s Government exercised a
very great control, in no far as they only allowed those
ministers to be appointed, who were prepared to carry out a
policy in accord with the British point of view. The point
was also raised as to what extent it v;ould be necessary, unuer
the proposals for the Egyptian Government to take the' advice
of the British officials in Egypt, and as to whether, if they
wanted an engineer or a man to ran the railways, it would be
possible to insist on their employing British officials and
not French or American; and, again, as to whether, if they
wanted officers for the Egyptian Army, they might not say
that the French knew much more about military matters than
the British and that they wanted to employ French officers.
LORD MILNER explained that, under the general lines of the
scheme as already outlined, this was not expressly barred, but
it certainly would not be in accordance with the spirit of the
Agreement that British officials should be replaced by other
foreigners. He believed that the Egyptians would readily agree
to give a pledge to that effect.
LORD CURZON, in reply to a question by the prime Minister,
explained the system of control over native states in India
as regards their military forces and the employment of foreign
officials. Re suggested that in the case of Egypt the best
way would surely be to lay down certain conditions, ana ex
pressly to state that if foreign officers were required they
could only be appointed with the concurrence of His Majesty’s
Gove rnment.
MR. ROHAR'LAW asked if anyone could say what views were
held by British officials, at present serving in Egypt, on
Lord Milner’s proposals. Ho would like to know, for example,
was opinion unanimous that they would not work?
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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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