أوراق مكتوبة بالآلة الكاتبة وأوراق مطبوعة لمجلس الوزراء وأوراق برلمانية عن الأحداث في مصر [و‎‎٢‎١‎٥] (٥٢٠/٤٢٩)

In the course of the discussion attention was drawn
to the inconsistency between Article 1 o^ the draft Declara
tion, which declared Egypt to be an Independent Sovereign
gfat 0 , and Article 3, which reserved important matters to
the discretion o^ His Majesty's Government. This was felt
to be unavoidable.
Some discussion took place in regard to the draft
letter to be sent by Lord Allenby (Paper C.P.-3745). Some
criticism was directed against paragraph 5, but it was
pointed out that this paragraph enunciated no new policy
and was intended merely as a reply to criticisms o" the
despatch of December 1921.
The suggestion was made that the last sentence of
paragraph 6, viz.:—
"They are claimed without any desire to
impair Egyptians enjoying *'ull rights
o r a national Government \
was hardly consistent with the reservations wads in the
interests of British Imperial needs. In view of Lord
AllXnby's insistence on the suspicion which would be aroused
in Egypt if material alterations were made in the draft, it
was considered that it would suffice to alter the first
words, "they are claimed" to "they were, claimed".
In reply to a question. Lord Curzon informed his
colleagues that the capitulations remained unaffected by the
policy contemplated. The negotiations already begun would be
continued by the British Foreign Office, with the co-operation
of the Egyptian Foreign Office.
^h^ Cabinet agreed —
(a) To approve the draft Declaration to
Egypt' ( :
(b) That Lord Allenby should endeavour to
form an Egyptian e j0 vernment on the basrs
of™his Declaration. On the formation of
such a Government he should eomjnaruuate
the Declaration to the Sultan of g., i •
"he Declaration should be simultaneous!.,
communicated to the British Parliament,
but should not he rati'd-d until a te.
a fl^hat* in both T >u f '•r: