Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936' [14v] (29/493)
The record is made up of 1 file (246 folios). It was created in 15 May 1931-10 Dec 1947. 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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and material connected there
with, and to prepare plans for
consideration of the high con
tracting parties.
(3) To ensure the protection of their
overseas communications, and
the defence of their communi
cations within the coastal and
canal zones.
The board shall meet as required for
the carrying out of these specific func
tions and in order to keep under review
the international situation and to consult
with a view to advising and recom
mending appropriate action to the two
Governments upon all events which may
threaten the security of either of them,
in particular the security of the Middle
East including all territories adjacent
to Egypt.
Article 5.—The high contracting
parties agree that subject always to the
provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations, their respective armed forces
shall, in the event of war involving either
of them and endangering their security
in the Middle East including all terri
tories adjacent to Egypt the necessary
measures in close co-operation with each
other, for the purpose of mutual
assistance. As soon as the Security
Council of the United Nations has
directed action to be taken to maintain
or restore international peace and
security, the measures taken by the
armed forces of the high contracting
parties shall be co-ordinated with the
action of the Security Council.
Article 6.—It is agreed that the
manner in which the high contracting
parties shall render assistance to each
other, and in particular the technical
conditions of the co-operation referred
to in the preceding article and the steps
which should be taken to enable the
armed forces of the two high contracting
parties to be in a position effectively to
resist aggression, including the main
tenance of the necessary facilities, are
matters to be settled by arrangements
made between the competent military
authorities of the Governments of the
United Kingdom and of Egypt."
21. It was intended to complete the
arrangements by means of an evacuation
protocol providing for the withdrawal of
British troops and installations by stages,
and for the co-ordination of the evacuation
with the plans for the future to be drawn
up by the British and Egyptian military
staffs. Meanwhile the Egyptians had
intimated that they wished the question c^*
the Sudan to be treated in a separate
protocol and, although the proposals com
municated to Sir R. Campbell covered that
question, it is being treated separately in
a later section of this paper. On 15th
June Sir R. Campbell was authorised
to put the foregoing proposals to S^Aky
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and enquire whether His Majesty’s
Government would be justified in request
ing the Secretary of State for Air to return
to Cairo to continue the discussions on that
basis. As a result of
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
in Cairo
and further exchanges of telegrams with
London, it was announced in the House of
Commons on 3rd July, in reply to a
question, that negotiations were being
resumed. The Egyptian Delegation had in
fact found the Cabinet’s proposals “ not
far removed from their own ideas," subject
to further discussion which, Sidky urged,
should not be restricted to “ minor drafting
modifications ’ ’ in view of the effects on the
delegation of anything in the shape of an
“ultimatum.” Lord Stansgate arrived
back in Egypt on 7th July.
22. On 6th July Sir R. Campbell was
informed that the Defence Committee had
agreed to the complete evacuation of the
Nile Delta by 31st March, 1947, subject to
full facilities for the operation being
provided by the Egyptian authorities.
23. The succeeding phase of the negotia
tion lasted until 26th September and
(apart from the Sudan) was almost
exclusively concerned with that section of
the treaty which defined in what warlike
circumstances the parties should “ con
sult ’ ’ and in what circumstances they
should “act,” by action being meant
the automatic implementation of plans
which would already have been drawn up
in time of peace, and would, of course,
provide for the entry into Egypt of British
forces of all arms. On 8th July the Egyp
tian negotiators produced a counter-draft
of the treaty which is reproduced, as
amended after oral discussion with Sidky
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, as Annex 4 and which finally
determined the order of the articles.
Article 2 of this draft was a modification
of the last British article 5 and of article 4
of the Sidky avant-pro]et; the original
article 2 disappeared (being in fact covered
by the preamble); the British article 4
became, in a revised form, article 3 setting
up the Joint Defence Board; and the
British article 6 disappeared, being
covered by the Egyptian article 3. In the
(meantime work had been proceeding in
London on the draft of an evacuation
protocol, which is reproduced as Annex 5,
and was presented to the Egyptians.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence and government printed papers. On the front of the file is written in red ink 'Secret Cupboard'.
The correspondence concerns the general situation in Egypt in the periods 1931-1937 and 1945-1947. Correspondence also discusses the issues relating to the negotiation and conclusion of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty 1936, including:
- negotiating points
- concessions
- capability of the Egyptian army
- location of British military facilities
- the significance of the Suez Canal as an 'artery of communication' for the British empire
The main correspondents include: the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia; the Minister of External Affairs, Union of South Africa; and HBM High Commissioner to Egypt and the Sudan (Sir Miles Lampson).
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 (246 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 246; 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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