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Coll 15/1 'Egypt Affairs: General Situation 1931; Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, 1936' [163r] (326/493)
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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PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM,
CIFCULAR,
To the Governments of Canada, Commonwealth of Australia,
lev; Zealand, Union of South Africa and Irish Free State {hj
bag) 0
Sent 8,0 p c m. 22nd Hay, 1936,
IMPC .TART,
Sc'i'e" Circular B lie. 36,
The following message for the Prime M i nister
the President of the
Executive Councils
1 ed ns:
1 B In deciding or texts in paragraphs numbered 3 and 4
of my immediately preceding telegram. His Majesty 5 a
Government were actuated by the opinion that it is not
possible to hand over to the League of Rations (or other
third party) at the end of twenty years, the right to sap
whether the United Kingdom was entitled to defend the Ft.ez
Canal or not, but that only question it is possible thus to
refer is how many British troops were required for this
u pose and where they were to be placed. His Majesty 1 s
; ■ went considered that they could accept texne on 1 ines
low proposed., since under these texts their claims in
^elation to the Suez Cenal and adjacent territories were no
longer stated as termirable at the end of twenty years but a*
recognised without a time limit. Though any reference to a
third party was undesirable. His Majesty 1 s Government decided
that it could be accepted with the safeguards provided for
by the approved texts, more particularly in view of the
present situation in the Rear East. They considered,however,
that His Majesty’s High Commissioner should explain clearly
to Sahas
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in the ciscussions that the meaning attached
by His Majostjr’s Government to these texts and to the clauses
in which they would be included in a treaty is (i) that His
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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.
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2762
- 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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- Open Government Licence