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Reports and papers of the Egyptian Administration Committee [40r] (79/108)
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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9
5 .
On the quButton of the generu.1 lines
to he followed in order to establish
satisfactory relations between the Home
and the Egyptian Govermnentg, the Coi^uittee
oonoider that though the Cairo
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
is
now both in fact and in name the adminis
trative centre of Uorth East Africa, problems
involving continued dealings with foreign
Powers are go interwoven with the internal
alfalfa 01 the country that, short of the
creation of a new Ministry, there can he
no question of placing Egypt under any
other Department than the Foreign Office.
It is equally clear that until a definite
decision as to the disposal of desopotamia
has been taken, the utmost 1 volume of busi
ness concerning Egypt, the Sudan and the
Arao question would be wholly insufficient
to justify the establishment of a new dinistiy.
Au the same time there is a consensus of
I do not know what this means, opinion that ^otV the Foreign OlYiee in
No such suggestion was made.
(Intd.) G.
London etna the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in Cairo!should he
strengthened by the inclusion of Officials
vith first buna experience of Egypt. The
present Assistant Under -Secretary in London
.s the only member of the Foreign Office
EAC/4th Minutes p.2.
Paras 5 and 6 \Wl1 IS* /‘Ith an experience oxer many years, both of
the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, frequently as Charge'' d»Affaire
oi the Egyptian Government, as Advisor to the
ministry of Intarior, and of the Foreign
Ofiice itself. It would be highly desir
able, cut will almost certainly not be possible
to ensure that a Foreign' Office Official of
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Mss Eur F112/258
- Title
- Reports and papers of the Egyptian Administration Committee
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence