Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎46r] (91/442)

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%o this* agree th&t our pollen in
•rule eheuXd where peeeihXe foXXo* th* ^wneral
Xinau of our preotlee in other Allied countrie«,
»ucn ee *gypt, where our foreee operate under
oomper^ble condition** ^e would t In reet» eugjgeet
that the Itmwnlttm Convention with Kgypt could well
be.ueed *« « nodeX In fretting • elxtlier wgrMitent to
cover ifcs require? ente of our forcee In , erslaj end
that in naett^re not oovered by the Xmunltlet
Convention* or which have erleen einoe it wee
conoluded (e*g* tfe® uec by our forcae of govemmnt
end erlvete property), the genereX iin^e of our
prectloa In sgypt ehouid be foXXowed in .wrsie*
"f oouree there ere gene provision® in the lestunliiee
Convention which ere oXeeriy edepted to pe&ae tiise
conditions in gypt, when our forces ere ecooaspenlcd
by wivee end feaftlll^e, end these provision# would
not be required in our rereien egreers^nt*
if this le ece*pt«a 9 we eight in the first instance
give Bullard ell the relevant infomation on the
practice in Cgypt end eel for hie ofeaerv&tlone ee
regard# it# adaptation to Pewela for the purpose of
mn agreement under Article 4 (11) of the Treaty,
dullard would of course be instructed to consult the
Oeneml officer i;ommanding f end the latter 7 # f inane lei
adviser before saaklng hi# reoociHaendetlone* After
receiving Bullard*e report we should be in e position
to oeke concrete proposals to the <ueslsne end, if
they agree, approach the Ferelana.
i note th.-t the policy outlined in the annexe re
to your letter differs in mama reepeots fror? our
present practice in gypt* As regards import
daties end exolee taxes, 1 understand that the
present position in ; gypt is, generally speaking,
that our forces ere exempt in respect of orfiolsl
/property