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Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation' [120r] (239/246)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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EGYPT AND SUDAN.
CONFIDENTIAL.
R 5 1
August 23, 1937.
Section 1.
J 3662/20/16J
Copy No.
Mr. Kelly to Mr. Eden.—{Received August 23.)
(No. 946.)
Sir, Ramleh, August 12, 1937.
I HAVE the honour to submit the following report on the series of festivities
which have been held in Cairo and Alexandria on the occasion of His Majesty
King Farouk’s coming of age.
2. His Majesty was accorded an enthusiastic welcome on his arrival at
Alexandria on the 25th July. The steamship Nil, on which His Majesty travelled
from Marseilles, arrived off Alexandria early in the morning and was met by a
squadron of twelve aeroplanes of the Egyptian Army Air Force and by two coast
guard ships, the Emir Farouk and the Emira Fawzieh, which fired a salute of
twenty-one guns and escorted her into harbour. The Khedivial mail steamship
Mohammed Ali-el-Kehir also joined the escort. The steamship Nil dropped
anchor at 8 a.m., and a number of Egyptian notables, including the two Regents,
some princes and nabils, the Prime Minister and Cabinet, went on board.
Incidentally, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet, for the first time on record, were
dressed in grey frock-coats, a sensible break in the tradition that had hitherto
decreed the wearing of the conventional black so markedly unsuitable to the
Egyptian summer. Shortly afterwards His Majesty proceeded by launch to
Ras-el-Tin Palace quay, where His Majesty was met by Sir Miles Lampson and
the Diplomatic Corps.
3. From the palace His Majesty drove through the decorated streets to the
railway station and was given an ovation by large crowds. At the station there
was yet another assembly of personages, including a number of ex-Prime
Ministers, to greet His Majesty. It was noticed that His Majesty singled out
Ali Maher
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and informed him that he wished him to proceed immediately
to Cairo. This incident was popularly held to confirm the belief that His Majesty
is determined to keep in close touch with Ali Maher and ultimately to appoint
him as his “chef de cabinet."
4. As is usual on these occasions, the Royal train stopped at the main
stations en route to Cairo to enable the assembled crowds to express their loyalty.
At Cairo the train went direct to Koubbeh Palace station and His Majesty made
no public appearance on that day.
5. On the 29th July the formal investiture of Farouk as King of Egypt was
marked by a short and simple ceremony in Parliament, when His Majesty took the
oath to the Constitution before the Senators and Deputies assembled in the
Chamber. Accompanied by the Prime Minister, the King drove in the state coach,
escorted by cavalry and mounted police, from Abdin Palace through crowded
streets to the Parliament buildings. Preceding His Majesty’s coach in two other
coaches were the Regents and palace officials. Queen Nazli and her daughters, the
princes and nabils, all the chief dignitaries of State, the Diplomatic Corps and
Egyptian and foreign notables filled the boxes and galleries of the Chamber. The
Queen and Princesses occupied a special central box with boxes on either side
filled by Egyptian ladies.
6. The Queen was warmly applauded on arrival, when the entire assembly
arose and clapped their hands vigorously. Her Majesty left her box again shortly
afterwards to watch the arrival of her son and, on her re-entry, Mme. Nahas, who
was among the ladies in a neighbouring box, made herself, I am told, conspicuous
by failing to rise from her chair—an unhappy but typical gesture of the Prime
Minister’s “ helpmate.”
7. Otherwise the ceremony passed off without incident and, in spite of a
heat-wave, in comparative comfort, thanks mainly to the recent installation of
air-conditioning plant in the hitherto notoriously ill-ventilated Chamber.
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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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- Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation'
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