ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٣‎٨‎١] (٤٩٤/٣٠٩)

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of the wealthy Copts who live on the Kile banks. ineray pressure
on trie wopta r.'i^.t easily incite the 1 o si etna and cause the cry of
•Moslem versus Christian* which it is desirable at all costs to
avoid.
/kgain.a messenger, according to an official report of 1 i&aroh.
stated that “the Qakhla force" h«d gjns.
On the other hand, in another official report of 1 March he
is said to be still at Siwa with hie 3,000 Arabs, only "intending
to go through Dakhla to i
Siwa is at the very least a fortni^its march from D&khla so
the discrepancy is a serious one. either there are two forces
(and there is evidence that Tripolitan Arabs have been reaching
oiwa in considerable numbers) or one of the reports is entirely
wrong.