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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [66r] (131/473)
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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It v- a3 also pointed out that thr, situation could ne^r he
exactly ^hat it was in years gone by, and that, aft^r all
that had passed, the present and Aiture high Cordis si oners
in Rgypt could never hold the sane position as Lord Cromer
had in the past.
LORD MILIR.R said that th-re t.u: 3 only one thing v'htch he
still intend d to say when certain questions had been asked.
He had been very careful to impress on the Egyptian Delegation
that he ’"as talking qua .•’/.ission, and could not speak for the
Oov --.-n.rent any mothan the Egyptian del'gates could speak
for the Egyptian Government. He was c r opinion that his yds-
sion was committed to reporting in favour o r some scheme on
the lines indicated in their Interim Report, but His Majesty’s
Government were, of course, not cor mitted in any way. His
hope, hoover, was that thr'y right see fit to approve, with
certain reservations, relations with the Egyptian Government
on the lines contemplated, rather than on the lines of the
relationship of a Colony or Prot ctorate to the Home Govern
ment. The- next step wr>uld have- to be to appoint representa
tives on both sides to draw up some formal document. A Treaty
would then ha*^* to be drafted and subnit fed to + re Egyptian
Assembly. Regarding reservations, he had looked through Lord
Curzon’ a remarks, and he thought most of his proposals v.exe
quite in accordance • 1th the spirit of the scho-e. fh'sre
« r ~.Te ho'"ever, one or t'''o of thet; v’hici.^ i^ adopted, .. it.ht
upset it altogether. Regarding the c.ilitary forces to be
retained in ^pypt. and the keeping oper of our lines of co-~
munication to tho ”ost, ho did not think that ‘his had been
very clearly expressed in thr- Idei.oranduri. The basis of the
whole thing was an Alliance in v-hieh guarant-ed r gyptian
indeyendjneo and tho sending of on Arr.y to protect her if
need bo; in return for this v:e dot ended a valuable ShAOiAP
a . J0 - rm n P iy < that in war all her local resources should bo
placed at our disposal; and, furth'T, that we should hive a
pencanm t military base in Egypt. Roroo’- r, in ' ar ti- • , e-e:
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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
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- 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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