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Reports and papers of the Egyptian Administration Committee [‎11r] (21/108)

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The record is made up of 1 file (54 folios). It was created in 2 Sep 1917-20 Feb 1918. 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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WAR CABINET, 233.
Minutes of a Meeting of the War Cabinet held at 10, Downing Street, S. 17.,
on Friday, September 14, 1917, at 11*30 a.m.
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The Future
Government of
Egypt.
11. The War Cabinet had before them a memorandum sub
mitted by the Acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which
had been drawn up by Lord Edward Cecil, the Financial Adviser
to the Egyptian Government, and minutes thereon by Lord
Hardinge of Penshurst and Sir Ronald Graham.
Lord Robert Cecil stated that when he first went to the Foreign
Office he found considerable difficulty in getting papers dealing
with Egypt, there being no proper organisation in the Foreign Office
for obtaining any knowledge of, or dealing with, the many internal
matters of Egyptian government. The main channels of com
munication with Egypt were private letters between Sir Reginald
Wingate and Lord Hardinge. Lord Robert Cecil had considered
the desirability of handing over the control of Egypt to some other
office, such as the Colonial Office, but there appeared to be no
existing office suitable. His brother, Lord Edward Cecil, came
home in the spring to take up military duty, and informed him that
from the Egyptian side he thought that there must be a lack of
organisation at the British end, not so much in matters diplomatic
as in matters administrative. Lord Robert Cecil stated that he felt
considerable anxiety regarding this situation from the Parliamentary
point of view. Supposing there were trouble in Egypt, we should have

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The file contains copies of memoranda and reports relating to the government and administration of Egypt. Included are memoranda produced by the War Cabinet on the subject and minutes of four meetings held by the Egyptian Administration Committee during September and October 1917.

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1 file (54 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 54, 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.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-54; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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