Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎578r] (1160/1220)

( 3 ) See note No. 2 on page 21.
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J 2 . The Egyptian Government will provide when necessary reasonable
n as of communication and access to and from the local it,v! II
Bntish forces are situated and will also accord facilities at Port SaTd" a^d
Suez for the landing and storage of material and supplies for the British
forces, including the maintenance of a small detachment of the British forces
Irmsfr P gUard thiS material and these supplies in
13 '.. ^ I v iew ° f t , he f , act that the speed and range of modern aircraft
necessitate the use of wide areas for the efficient training of air forcll the
Epptian Government will accord permission to the British air forces to fly
wherever they consider it necessary for the purpose of training. Reciprocal
treatment will be accorded to Egyptian air forces in British territories
14 In view of the fact that the safety of flying is dependent upon
provision of a large number of places where aircraft can alight, the Egvotian
Government will secure the maintenance and constant availability of adequate
landing grounds and seaplane anchorages in Egyptian territory and waters.
The Egyptian Government will accede to any request from the British air
forces tor such additional landing grounds and seaplane anchorages as
experience may show to be necessary to make the number adequate for
allied requirements.
15. Ihe Egyptian Government will accord permission for the British
air forces to use the said landing grounds and seaplane anchorages, and in
the case of certain of them to send stocks of fuel and stores thereto, to be
kept in sheds to be erected thereon for this purpose, and in case of urgency
to undertake such work as may be necessary for the safety of aircraft.
16. The Egyptian Government will give all necessary facilities for tho
passage of the personnel of the British forces, aircraft and stores to and
from the said landing grounds and seaplane anchorages. Similar facilities
will be afforded to the personnel, aircraft and stores of the Egyptian forces
at the air bases of the British forces.
17. The British military authorities shall be at liberty to request
permission from the Egyptian Government to send parties of officers in
civilian clothes to the Western Desert to study the ground and draw un
tactical schemes. This permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
18. His Majesty the King of Egypt authorises His Majesty The King
and Emperor to maintain units of his forces at or near Alexandria for a
period not exceeding eight years from the date of the coming into force of
the present treaty, this being the approximate period considered necessary
by the two High Contracting Parties—
(a) For the final completion of the barrack accommodation in the Canal
zone;
(b) ( 3 ) For the improvement of the roads—
(i) Cairo-Suez;
(ii) Cairo-Alexandria via Giza and the desert;
(iii) Alexandria-Mersa Matruh;
so as to bring them up to the standard specified in part (A) of
paragraph 6;
(c) The improvement of the railway facilities between Ismailia and
Alexandria, and Alexandria and Mersa Matruh referred to in (ii) and (iii)
of part (B) of paragraph 6.