أوراق مكتوبة بالآلة الكاتبة وأوراق مطبوعة لمجلس الوزراء وأوراق برلمانية عن الأحداث في مصر [و‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٥٢٠/٢٦٥)

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They are :-
1) That' Tie ehoulc implement the first conc itien of our
proncscd treaty by proposing to parliament the termination ox
the protectorate and the recognition of Sgypt as a Sovereign State.
2) That we should accept* also as proposed in cur treaty,
the revival of the Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs:
3) That wc should favour the election of a native Parlia
ment - also a point which we have no reason to contest:
4) That we vshould agree to the abolition if martial law -
as to which we have long ago doGlared our willingness to act at
any time on the advice of the High Commissioner.
Bo far the concessions proposed are not in excess of anything
that we have all been prepared to make. Hitherto however the
first two have been contemplated as part of a treaty and have
been contingent upon the acceptance of the other conditions laid
down in the draft Agreement approved by the Cabinet. Lord
Allenby now suggests a different procedure. In the earlier part
Of his proposed letter to the Sultan he defends ana apparently*
adheres in general terms to the twe main guarantees which we have
hitherto exacted as regards
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(a) cispc sivicCi of troops, and
(b) financial and judicial advisers,
but he suggests that as soon as the conditions which I have
summarised above rave been carried out, we shoul undertake in
concert with the Fgjgptian Government tc examine the conclusion
of an agreement on the following points.
(a) Security of communications.
(b) Defence of Lgypt<,
(c) Protection of foreign interests and minorities in
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(d) Soudan.
How these -four heads may, according as they are interpreted, mean
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