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Coll 15/5 'EGYPT British community in Egypt: problems of post-war reconstruction' [‎17r] (33/68)

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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should be assurer of free hospital treatment on the
principles postulated in paragraph 5 of this Report, subject
course to satisfactory proof of the origin of their dis
ability. This treatment will probably have to be given in
British civilian hospitals, so that it would be necessary to
make some arrangement whereby the cost would be claimed by
them from HmG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. 0
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11. There is one particular class of British subjects in
Egypt who have been called up for service with the Forces
for whom the Committee are strongly of opinion that special
provision should be made, namely the small tradesman, mainly
grocers. These men are mainly Cypriots, and the Community of
British Cypriots have consistently opposed their calling up on
the grounds of hardship. There was in many cases a considerable
amount of justification for this plea, because it was not found
possible to find other members of the family capable or reliable
enough to carry on the business for the conscripted man, and he
found himself in consequence under the necessity of liquidating
his stock at an undervalue, and risking the loss of the goodwill
of his business which had often taken him a number of years to
build, up. In cases in which postponement ^ on the grounds of
exceptional, hardship was refused, the National Service
Committees acted on the principle that mere financial loss, being
reparable, was not a sufficiently cogent consideration.
The Committee however feel that it is a necessary corollary
of this policy that the financial loss which they have in
curred should be made good. It has already been agreed with
the Egyptian Government, as mentioned above, that they shall
receive their rokhsas again on demobilisation, but what they
will require is a lump sum of money to enable them to re-stock
and re-start their shops. It is therefDre recommended that
they should be granted through the Boards the necessary
capital sums in the form of a recoverable advance bearing a
low rate of interest. It is further suggested that in the
event of the existence in Egypt at the end of the war of
surplus stocks of suitable commodities in the hands of the
U.K.C.C. or the Military Authorities, priority should be given
to this category of demobilised small tradesman in disposing
of them to the retail trade.
12. It is recommended that HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. should be asked to provide
the necessary t’-'v^dci fcr the schemes outlined above and for any
other schemes that may be proposed by the Rehabilitation Boards,
if approved. It is not considered that the local Welfare Funds
should be used for this purpose. It has already been decided
that a large proportion of the balance of the British War Fund
(which is by far the ^ost important of such Funds) is to be paid
over to the Trustee Corporation for British Charities in Egypt
to be administered by a strong body of Managing Trustees for the
general purposes of post«-war welfare of the British Community,
and particularly ex-service men and women and their dependents.
But it is emphasised that this fund is intended to be
supplementary and to be kept for meeting the hard cases which
are certain to arise in spite of all the efforts of the
Rehabilitation Boards, The scope of the additional help that
can be given in this way must of course depend on the funds
available, which it is not now possible to estimate, but
it is considered that in addition to the eventual balance
of the British war Fund it is desirable that any balances
remaining/

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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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