Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation' [112r] (223/246)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1937-18 Oct 1944. It was written in English and French. 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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&y telegram Circular B of December 3rd ilo., 14 4 2 0
His Majesty’s Ambassador at Cairo 9 in pursuance of
his instructions ? has been using his good offices as a friend of
both parties and representative of an allied country with a
view to inducing Egyptian Prime Minister to broaden the basis
of his Cabinet by the entry into it of Ahmed Maher, the
President of the Chamber but bo far by Ahmed Maher’s refusal
to join the Cabinet, Sir Miles Lampson's efforts have been
frustrated,, Attitude of Maher is probably due to his Knowledge
that in the event of the dismissal or fall of Nr has
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
he might
well be King Parouk’s alternative choice as prime Minister,
King Farouk has also been warned ,tn the gravest terms by his
Majcsu,/ s Ambassador of the possible dangerous consenuenoes of
dismissing' a Prime Minister who still coramands an overwheiming
majority in Parliament,
•fhe continued existence of the Blue Shirts , a para- '
military body which 7/as raised by the ‘#afd Party and is
maintained by the present (tfafoiet) aoverndjent, i,« one of the
greatest obstacle^ to reconciliation between the King and Hahas,
Although King Farouk am demanded the diebaxidment of this body <,
his Prime Minister has not been willing to do more i\p to the
present than to issue orders that the activities of
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and a booklet relating to the financial situation of the Egyptian Government and the process of fiscal reform.
Included in the file is:
- a copy (ff 20-90) of the booklet 'Projet de reforme du regime fiscal' published by the Egyptian Government, Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Commission
- a letter (ff 104-110) from the Financial Secretary of the Sudan Government on the impact of a reduction in subsidy by the Egyptian Government
The file features the following principal correspondents: HM Ambassador to Egypt and the Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Halifax); and the Financial Secretary, Sudan Government.
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 (121 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 123; 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. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 20-97.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2767
- Title
- Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation'
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:19v, 91r:121v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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