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Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936' [109r] (218/493)
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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Hospital Area : One siding and one off-loading platform for one
Hospital train.
E.E. Stores Depot: One loading siding (20 units).
N.A.A.F.I. Depot: One loading siding (10 units).
(c) Marshalling and Locomotive Yards to enable one personnel
train, or one M.T. train, being despatched every three hours
throughout the twenty-four.
mid) Wharves and other unloading facilities as required.
Note. —All loading sidings to have platforms corresponding with
the length of the train.
No. 2 .
Moustapha El-Nahas Pacha to Sir Miles Lampson.
Antoniades Palace, Alexandria,
August 12, 1930.
With reference to paragraph 18 (h) of the draft Annex to
Article H (9)( 7 ) initialled the 24th July last, I have the honour to
inform Your Excellency that the work which is at present being done
on the roads Cairo-Alexandria, via Giza and the desert, and Cairo-
Suez will be pushed forward and will be completed by the end of 1936.
I avail, &c.
MOUSTAPHA EL-NAHAS,
President of the Council of Ministers.
No. 3.
Sir Miles Lampson to Moustapha El-Nahas Pacha.
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Ramleh,
g- r August 12, 1936.
In the course of discussions on questions of detail, arising out of
paragraph 2 of Article K,( 8 ) the suggestion for the secondment of an
Egyptian economic expert for service at Khartum, and the Governor-
General’s wish to appoint an Egyptian officer to his personal staff as
military secretary, were noted and considered acceptable in puncip t.
It was also considered desirable and acceptable that the Inspectoi-
General of the Egyptian Irrigation Service in the Sudan should be
invited to attend the Governor-General's Council when matters
relating to his departmental interests were before the Council.
I avail, Ac.
MILES W. LAMPSON,
High Commissioner.
( 7 ) Article 8 in the Treaty as signed.
(8) Article 11 in the Treaty as signed.
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- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (246 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:32v, 36v:77v, 79v:94v, 95v:157r, 158v:245v, 246v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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