Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎309v] (623/1220)

, T , „ rAvprnment on the subject. They informed the Albanian
pressing the Egyptian G the j a p ane se and Bulgarian Governments), but
Government accordingly ( the instrument signed at Montreux would not
added that they would see subsequent inclusion of Albanian nationals
present any legal ‘ 0 ^ e d Courts, should Egypt desire to do so as the
within the .], urisd ! ct “ between herself and Albania. Article 25 of the •
result of bilateral negoti . . n The Albanian Government, however, were *
R.O.J. in fact secures Bi p^.^ resentative a t Geneva addressed to the United
not satisfied with this an documents in support of the Albanian case; he also
Kingdom delegation a of d—t^ ^PI &s pres i dent f the conference,
communicated these do circulated to the various delegations. These
d„ h ly »o ^..ion «»k «.y .«»» on fcm.
( 5 ) White Russian Refugees in hgyyt.
m The Norwegian delegate, M. Hansson, as president of the Nansen
idd. ine j | str on 2 claim that the White Russians in Egypt
Bureau at Geneva, p m hould con tinue to be subjected to Mixed Court
(who number abou ’legations viewed this suggestion with sympathy, they
jurisdiction. While de ^f officially> and there is nothing on the subjwt
rr,s;-n.. ,i S .oJ K x‘rk,3W ihe r.^h“ ‘Si
allowing tkTSnSiZ to th. jSrirfiction of the Mined Court, of «,«*»
persons. , .
( 6 ) Conclusion.
no T cannot conclude this report without some reference to my two
colleagues on the United Kingdom delegation, to whose efforts the success u
conclusion of g e J r “the opening chapter of this report
that the preparatory work culminating in the confidential agreement between
Sis Majesty^s Government and the Egyptian Government and embodi d m
Document A played the predominant part in our proceedings and tor
nrenaratory work Mr. Kelly and Mr. Beckett were chiefly responsible.
< io The complete mastery which Mr. Beckett so obviously posses
ft. i— 4 S /.1 .SJ questions with which the ounteu* ™ - J
concerned made from the first a deep impression upon t h % oth ®', f' e ^ lUlon ’ ty on
the fact that he rapidly became the practically unchallengea ble
matters of past history, present interpretation or fut "‘' e . P^P'^iy^ceuJied bv
Kingdom delegation in an even stronger position than it l [ w heii
reason of the Treaty of Alliance. During the latter half ° t f .^“"S^tliled
the Drafting Committee was in almost continuous session the amou , • j
work which fell on Mr. Beckett’s shoulders might well have taxed the.physic^
and mental resources of any two ordinary people. In so far as any Be6kett
be described as the “hero” of an international confere ,
undoubtedly left Montreux with that distinction f , lime .
143. Upon Mr. Kelly, on the other hand, fell practically none ot th ^
light. Speeches of a general character had necessarily to be j e 0 f the
of the delegation; and those on points of detail fell within the P United
legal member. Mr. Kelly was, however, a most essential P art ° tus but
Kingdom delegation; not only was he the only trained diplomatist a ^ ^
his personality, the position he occupies in Cairo, and the excellent ; mDO rtant
he had previously established with the Egyptian delegation w
factors throughout the negotiations. _ , . • assistant
Finally, we had the advantage of being a small delegation w ^ ^ the
delegates, advisers or experts; we were in close contact during tae n ^gsettbe
proceedings, and thus escaped some of the difficulties which undou L ou btedly
larger delegations whose lack of contact and diversity of out oo v
made their work more difficult and less effective. , pvce ilent in
Our secretary. Mr. Somers Cocks, and his staff were unitoim,
their work D
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