Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936' [‎5r] (10/493)

BHITX 3 H E 14 BASSX,
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3rd Sot ember, 19^7
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N 0 . 90 X
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Sir,
It may be of interest to record opinions expressed
by various foreign representatives who have called i^)On me
since my return, and statements which they have siacie*
The American Ambassador who would clearly like to
see an agreement reached between the United Kingdom and Egypt
as soon as possible still, I think, hankers for this purpose
after a British agreement to evacuate gypt st a c^te earlle
than that contemplated in the 3idky-uevin draft Treaty. hat,
at any rate, is the impression that I have once more receivec
from Mr. Tuck. It may be, as we have had reason to suspect
at an earlier date, that Mr. Tuck give* advice to hXs
Government on these lines. At the same time I am informed on
reliable authority that on his return from leave of absence
the Ambassador sooke pretty strongly to gyptian minigtera
on their Urovernment’s attitude towards Great iritaia and its
conduct at the Security Council to which he considered that
recourse should never have been had. He apparently '^de it
plain to them that the United States regarded u ^eat .ritain
©3 a very great friend and that the interests of the two
countries vere clos.ly bound up together, that ^e poaltlon
of Great Britain in the riddle -ast was a matter ol interest
to his Government and that he could not understand 7ny ^he
Egyptians were being so foolish a 8 to taka towards the British
the attitude x^hlch they had adopted. r. ^uck told mo that ne
personally thought that the formation of a transitional
Government of wide party representation woulo be a goo<- thing,
but he would not favour the exertion of
to secure either such a Government or a afd 1 st Government,
whether it Included $ahaa Paaha or whether it aid n bt.
r. tuck notices b marked improvement in the general feeling
of Sjzyptians towards foreigners and the British. says,
& l fl o. that he has reason to believe that an oraer has gono
out that the Egyptian authorities should behave towards
foreigners a n d 0 forelgn diplomatic Missions in a more correct
mannarV 1 myself think that feeling and manners are improving
and I find that this is the general cpinionex^reaart to me
r t '. Y by British and other residents in -gypt.
x The Greek Minister showed evi:3ent anxiety, from the
joint of view of Greek Interests, for an Anglo- -gyptian
aoi-tipopnt ie confirmed from his own observation, what ^he
5St*Kuch%n£ Si i'aleoe toKlme of the orient fr^.f
In ' in the . c laee (my . .1*6 Savingj.^He haft also
el.arly had monte conversation with the agent, who .riust j
developed to him his Ideas on what an agreed settlement ,night
contain* for Monsieur I'riantafyllldl, referred to^the
possibility of an earlier date for evacuation, l.>.- .
Anglo (French) Turkish Treaty of mutual assist; nee uelng taken
*s g a model. He said that according to hie Inform tion the
Palace was not looking to an agreement to evacuate as •
1 w /lt
The Right Honourable
Ernest Bevln, d.-B., -
Foreign Office,
London t B. >.1.