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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎20r] (44/1220)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (606 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 1939. 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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(165/20/38)
ALEXANDRIA.
9th September, 1938
BRITISH EMBASSY
Your Excellency,
I have the honour, on behalf of His Majesty’s
Government in Canada, to inform Your Excellency that they,
having read the Convention regarding the abolition of the
Capitulations in Egypt signed at Montreux on May 8 th, 1937,
confirm their acceptance of it expressed in the letter of
April 14th 1937 from the High Commissioner for Canada in
London to the President of the Montreux Conference.
2. The second paragraph of that letter stated that His
Majesty’s Government in Canada accepted on the understanding
that Canada could claim, under the Convention, the same
rights as those states that had signed and ratified. His
Majesty’s Government in Canada accordingly desire me to give
notice to Your Excellency, in pursuance of paragraph 2 of
Article 9 of the Montreux Convention, of the exercise by The
King, my August Sovereign, in respect of Canada, of the right
to retain His Consular Court in Egypt for the purposes of
jurisdiction in matters of personal status, as defined in
Article 28 of the Annex to the Convention, in the cases
specified in paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Convention and
subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 25 of the
Annex.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your
Excellency the assurance of my very high consideration.
(Sgd.) C.H. BATEMAN.
His Excellency
Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). ,
Acting Minister for FGReign Affairs
etc., etc., etc.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of
the original.

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, including Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This negotiation of the revision of the capitulations was one of the provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.

The correspondence in the volume relates mainly to British interests and negotiating issues as well as the difference between British subjects, British protected persons and citizens; errors in some of the drafting and how these mistakes should be rectified, and the process of ratification of the convention by all parties concerned including the Egyptian Government and the governments of the Dominions.

Included in the volume are the following documents:

  • a printed copy of the 'Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937 No. 936 FOREIGN JURISDICTION The Egypt Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937' (ff 116-139)
  • a printed report (ff 295-312) to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Eden, on the proceedings of the Montreux Conference for the abolition of Capitulations in Egypt
  • 'Egypt No. 1 (1936) Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and his Majesty the King of Egypt ... Convention concerning the Immunities and Privleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egypt, London, August 26, 1936' (Cmd. 5270) (ff 574-589)
  • 'Instruments signed at Montreux on May 8th, 1937' and 'Report on the Convention regarding the abolition of capitulations ...' (in French and English) (ff 363-435)
  • a printed memorandum 'Procedure for Giving Effect to Capitulations: Provisions of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' (ff 590-601)

The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); HM High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; President of the Council of Ministers, Cairo (Mustapha El-Nahas).

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (606 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 608; 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 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:13v, 15r:28v, 30r:88v, 92r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:164v, 167r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:202v, 205r:212v, 214r:310v, 313r:361v, 436r:439v, 441r:443v, 446r:486v, 489r:503v, 506r:530v, 533r:550r, 552r:589v, 591r:607v, back-i
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