تقرير البعثة الخاصة إلى مصر بقيادة اللورد ميلنر، وأوراق ذات صلة [ظ‎‎٢‎٤] (٤٧٣/٤٨)

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It has been my object to elucidate those aspects of his proposal which seem to me
to be fraught either with obscurity or with danger ; so that we may by careful
examination remedy the one and avoid the other. That study the various Departments
of our Government who are concerned will, I am sure, give without delay.
Procedure,
So far the only Egyptians committed have been Zaghloul Pasha and his associate. S
Adly Pasha, and a few others who came over to England in a private capacity to give
their views. In Egypt there has been the general discussion of the proposals as
outlined in the press, to which I have already referred. The fellaheen, who are vitally
affected, have not so far given any sign. We are, however, under a pledge given by
Lord Allenby to the Sultan of Egypt that he shall appoint a formal and official
deputation, representing different important parties and elements in the Egyptian
community, to discuss the projected arrangement wdth His Majesty’s Government.
I suggest that when His Majesty’s Government have decided upon the general
outlines of the scheme which they propose to offer, Lord Allenby on his return to
Egypt, which I have asked him to postpone for a fortnight, in order that the decision
may be taken while he is here, should invite the Sultan to appoint and to despatch
this delegation to England, in order to draw up the actual terms of the treaty with
His Majesty’s Government.
Should we come to an agreement, the text will then be taken back to Egypt and
submitted to a National Assembly in the course of the forthcoming spring. We can
hardly expect an earlier solution.
C. of K.
Foreign Office, October 11, 1920.