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Coll 15/5 'EGYPT British community in Egypt: problems of post-war reconstruction' [‎11r] (21/68)

The record is made up of 1 file (32 folios). It was created in 13 Jun 1944-23 Apr 1945. 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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£ 4
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negative measures* The Coiumercial Counsellor is
actively discussing with the British Chamber of
ommerce of -^gypt and also with the department of
Overseas Trade, tactics for the post-war British
-i ^ ?u ive whlcl1 is ri advocated in paragraph
16 of the Report; . and I agree that the vital question
of f Rri^oh ng rlghts of Residence for the British elements
^ ^fi tlSh 1 com lJ l ® rcl 2 l f irms in %ypt, which is discussed
in paragraphs 17 and 21 of the Report, must be tackled
at an early date* I should welcome your views on the
compromise interpretation" of the clause in the
Montreux Declaration guaranteeing rights of residence
to British subjects who have resided in Egypt for at
nf a +id f k Ve y ? ars ’ whi ? h i3 Su crcested in paragraph 17
r ?fd h Ke P° r p In addition to the settlement of the
anrt thf\° e 0 f. 0 P lnion between His itejesty’s Government
ana tne Egyptian Government as to the meaning of this
^clause, it is clearly of great importance that British
b firms in cgypt should be enabled not only to maintain
nnoa'ii-. i T " <3 " ' ' 5; -“b- staffs and to make the fullest
avff^df u ? e suitable British subjects who may be
are essen 1 -’ 31 % y th D ' ;lt alS a t0 bring in such others as
to h^ h 1 * H? elr neede - In this connexion it is
men b in average age of British business
men in Egypt is high; many are on the verge of retire-
ent.«%d% I f > as is to be hoped, British commercial
enterprise is to be maintained and intensified after
the war, it can only be by the infusion of new blood.
Another point which is of importance is that British
at n the C nre 3 e%% 0Ul % be ade ^ uatel y represented here;
at the present time tnere are all too few British
agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. firms, with the result that most British
and U f%%%% rS -, ar,e re Presented by non-British firms
a ^ d ■>individuals wr.ose past records are not always
fn^etic Br?M SUrely b6 t0 induce and
nergetic British subjeccs to come to Egypt for this
purpose; but this will not be possible ^slbg as
the present uncertain conditions as regards residence
andffnf^TT- P he B Wstions in paragraphs 20
f th f i 1 ieport > regard to the conclusion
a Commercial or Establishment Treaty with Egypt,
seem to me worthy of particular attention. SyP
th^ reference to paragraphs 19 and 23 of
lt 18 n0t only as regards "labour" that
' ' '' mter difficulties with the
wnf%f ’ I 'P aS ° n 01 "—the position
employment% eS3 dllflcult ae regards "white collar"
DreReIt% R h PO rJ neX 1 t draWs attention to the problems
%vr,t * d T by v, th % i,laltese and c y p ri°t communities in
-gypt. I should myself aoubt whether the transference
of

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The file is mainly comprised of a letter (ff 8-13) from HM High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan (Miles Wedderburn Lampson, the Lord Killearn) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Anthony Eden), accompanying a report (ff 14-33) on issues facing the British community in Egypt during the phase of post-war reconstruction.

The report is divided into two sections:

  • Section A. Reestablishment of local servicemen and servicewomen
  • Section B. General position of the British community after the war

A further letter from HM High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs accompanies a memorandum by the Legal Counsellor for submission to the Middle East Demobilisation Advisory Committee.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (32 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34; 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.

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