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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [171r] (344/473)
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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Lord Curzon.
Attached hereto you will find a suggested draft of the
amendments you desire in the Milner Memorandum. I have pro
ceeded upon the assumption that the revised draft is not to con
stitute the draft treaty, but merely to indicate alterations
which are thought to be necessary in the proposed "Basis of an
Understanding" agreed between Lord Milner and Lagloul. It
probably will be wise to leave the earlier draft unaltered so
far as possible and limit the modifications to points which are
regarded as essential.
The provisions in the draft which you handed to me yesterday
on the subject of a reserv e fund seem to me to be unnecessary.
These provisions are on the lines of those which were suggested
by the Treasury at the time of the negotiations with the French
in 1917. At that time the idea was that the Commission of the
Debt should be abolished, but the arrangement with Egypt which is
outlined in the Memorandum provides for the transfer to the
Financial Adviser of the powers of the Commission of the Debt.
This means that certain Egyptian revenues, amply sufficient to
pay the interest on the debt, will be placed under the control
of that official and will enable him to ensure that there is no
default in the payment of the half-yearly coupons and renders the
creation of any new reserve fund unnecessary.
I have not inserted the provision which was in the draft you
gave me yesterday, prohibiting Egypt from contracting any further
external loans. You did not mention it as one of the points to
which attention had been drawn. The National Bank of Egypt is
a financial house of sufficient strength to issue any loan which
the Egyptian Government desired to raise, but a loan issued by
that Bank could scarcely be described as external debt as it is
an Egyptian company, sad Egypt is now so wealthy that this pro
vision really seems unnecessary.
I have also omitted the provisions in the new draft relating
to the Soudan, as the arrangement under which the Memorandum was
agreed/
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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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