British Documents ( 1158 )
British Government Documents from the Public Documentation Office PRO on Egypt and Nasser since 1919 - 1972































































































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FO#371/102824 Defence negotiations between Egypt and UK 01 January 1953 01 January 1953 Informal negotiations between UK and Egypt: full record Date unavailable Date unavailable Prospect of new agreement between UK and Egypt, to replace 1936 agreement: views of Julian Amery MP and Patrick Maitland MP on speech by Anthony Eden in House of Commons, 17 Dec 1953 Date unavailable Date unavailable Proposal from UK prime minister that Gen Festing, GOC UK troops in Egypt, should return to UK for discussion about situation in Canal Zone Date unavailable Date unavailable US intervention in Anglo-Egyptian defence negotiations: discussion between Mr Lewis Jones and Mr Caffery Date unavailable Date unavailable Report that Mr Dulles is not prepared to dissuade Gen Neguib from visiting the Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Availability of Canal Zone base and uniforms for technicians: discussion between Sir R Stevenson and Dr Fawzi Date unavailable Date unavailable Possibility of persuading Egyptians to accept a suitable availability formula: views of Mr Hankey and M J Creswell; FO minute by Mr Ledward Date unavailable Date unavailable Stage reached in negotiations with Egypt after meeting on 21 Oct 1953: memorandum prepared for US; outline of nine points on which UK delegation tried to secure agreement in principle Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian obstinacy concerning points on availability and military status of technicians: view of Sir R Stevenson Date unavailable Date unavailable UK directive not to accept anything less than proposals already put forward: instructions for meeting between Sir R Stevenson and Egyptian delegation Date unavailable Date unavailable Israel and Anglo-Egyptian negotiations: summary of points raised in Israeli note; draft reply from Mr Ledward Date unavailable Date unavailable Amendments to UK draft Anglo-Egyptian defence agreement: minutes of MOD meeting, 30 Sept 1953 Date unavailable Date unavailable Directive for discussion between Sir R Makins and Mr Dulles: points on availability and uniforms, and Status of Forces agreement Date unavailable Date unavailable Provision for continuing or terminating an agreement with Egypt: view of R C Mackworth-Young, FO, on final appreciation by Gen Robertson Date unavailable Date unavailable
FO#371/113609 Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan 01 January 1955 01 January 1955 Egyptian interference in Sudanese elections of 1953: evidence to be sent to international body responsible for supervising Constituent Assembly elections Date unavailable Date unavailable Assessment of UK interests in Sudan: importance of maintaining overflying rights; co-ordination of general aims of UK, Egypt and Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Interviews by Mr Burden MP in Egypt with Col Nasser, Egyptian prime minister, and Maj Salem, Egyptian minister of national guidance and Sudanese affairs, Feb 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Maj Salem's message to Sudanese people: translation of message published in Khartoum daily El Telegraph, 14 Feb 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Text of address by Ismail el Azhari, Sudanese prime minister, on 2nd anniversary of Sudan agreement, 12 Feb 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Maj Salem's message to Sudanese people: Foreign Office (FO) protest to Egyptian ambassador, London Date unavailable Date unavailable Maj Salem's message to Sudanese people: Foreign Office (FO) protest to Egyptian ambassador, London Date unavailable Date unavailable Anglo-Egyptian interests in Sudan: brief for UK foreign secretary's visit to Cairo Date unavailable Date unavailable UK and Egyptian aims in Sudan: views of Sir R Howe, UK governor general, Khartoum Date unavailable Date unavailable Maj Salem's message to Sudanese people: publicity for UK protest Date unavailable Date unavailable Examples of continued Egyptian interference in Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Opposition motion handed in to Sudanese House of Representatives on withdrawal of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office: courses of action to be taken by UK government Date unavailable Date unavailable Opposition motion handed in to Sudanese House of Representatives on withdrawal of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office: text of motion Date unavailable Date unavailable Opposition motion handed in to Sudanese House of Representatives on withdrawal of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office: Khartoum press reports; extract from Morning News, 21 Mar 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Opposition motion handed in to Sudanese House of Representatives on withdrawal of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office: possible solution; suggestion by Sir J Sterndale Bennett, British Middle East Office (BMEO), Nicosia Date unavailable Date unavailable Opposition motion handed in to Sudanese House of Representatives on withdrawal of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office: possible courses of action for UK if Sudanese Parliament pass resolution Date unavailable Date unavailable Future of Sudan: possible visit to UK by Col Nasser in autumn 1955; Col Nasser's attitude to possible Sudanese independence Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese National Unionist Party (NUP) announcement about self-determination of Sudan, 31 Mar 1955: FO enquiry Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese National Unionist Party (NUP) announcement about self-determination of Sudan, 31 Mar 1955: reply from Philip Adams, UK trade commissioner, Khartoum Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese National Unionist Party (NUP) announcement about self-determination of Sudan, 31 Mar 1955: statement issued by Independence Front, 1 Apr 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese National Unionist Party (NUP) announcement about self-determination of Sudan, 31 Mar 1955: Philip Adams' views Date unavailable Date unavailable Closing of UK Trade Commissioner's Office and Egyptian Information Office in Sudan: views of Sir K Helm, new UK governor general, Khartoum Date unavailable Date unavailable Recommendations of committee of NUP appointed to advise on relationship with Egypt: text published in Khartoum press, 7 Apr 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Recommendations of committee of NUP appointed to advise on relationship with Egypt: text of recommendations Date unavailable Date unavailable Recommendations of committee of NUP appointed to advise on relationship with Egypt: translation of statement in Khartoum press, 8 Apr 1955, by Independence Front welcoming NUP decision Date unavailable Date unavailable Recommendations of committee of NUP appointed to advise on relationship with Egypt: endorsement of recommendations by Party executive Date unavailable Date unavailable Sayed Abdul Rahman, Ansar leader and patron of Umma Party: views on relations between Sudan and UK after self-determination Date unavailable Date unavailable NUP statement on independence of Sudan: Khartoum press comments Date unavailable Date unavailable
FO#371/113610 Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan 01 January 1955 01 January 1955 Cairo broadcasts to Sudan: FO brief, 7 Apr 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable NUP policy: possible effects Date unavailable Date unavailable NUP policy: final stages through which NUP passed in formulation of its policy on Sudan's relationship with Egypt Date unavailable Date unavailable Sir J Sterndale Bennett: views on future defence arrangement in Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Sir J Sterndale Bennett: request made to FO for major correspondence about Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Report of discussion in Cairo between Sir K Helm, Col Nasser, Maj Salem and Dr Fawzi, Egyptian foreign minister, 23 Mar 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Cairo broadcasts to Sudan: UK protest Date unavailable Date unavailable Report of visit to Sudan by Sir J Sterndale Bennett Date unavailable Date unavailable Report of visit to Sudan by Sir J Sterndale Bennett: Philip Adams' comments Date unavailable Date unavailable NUP policy: Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) memorandum, 2 May 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Political situation in Sudan: Sir K Helm's personal impressions Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian interference, proposed national charter and defection of Buth Diu: discussion between Philip Adams and Abdullah Bey Khalil, secretary general of Umma Party Date unavailable Date unavailable Khartoum view' on events in Sudan: Philip Adams' comments Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian influence in Sudan: observations on present situation, 22 Apr 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Internal political situation and relations between Egypt and NUP: translation of final draft of national charter published by Independence Front Date unavailable Date unavailable Anglo-Sudanese relations: delivery of letter from UK prime minister to Sayed Abdul Rahman; remarks by Sayed Abdul Rahman on UK government Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian and UK policies in Sudan: views of Mirghani Hamza, former minister in Ismail el Azhari's government Date unavailable Date unavailable Air Cmdre Zulficar, Egyptian member of Sudan Governor General's Commission: hostile publicity given to his personal views on Sudanese self-determination: possible action by UK Date unavailable Date unavailable Sir L Grafftey-Smith, UK member of Sudan Governor General's Commission: visit to Southern Sudan; effects of Sudanisation Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian activities in Sudan: UK negotiations with Egyptian government Date unavailable Date unavailable
FO#371/113613 Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan 01 January 1955 01 January 1955 Anti-Egyptian propaganda in Sudan: Maj Salem's complaint to UK Embassy, Cairo Date unavailable Date unavailable Cairo news agency reports about Egyptian government plans for Sudan: Maj Salem's views Date unavailable Date unavailable The National Society of White Flag, Cairo: statement regarding fomenting of disorder in Sudan by Egyptians Date unavailable Date unavailable International Commission for Sudan: report that Anglo-Egyptian agreement does not preclude Sudanese from disseminating their views on future of Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Main points of discussion between W H Luce, UK Governor General's Office, Khartoum, and Ismail el Azhari, 21 July 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese affairs: Egyptian press comments Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian-Sudanese relations: Khartoum press comments on celebrations of Egyptian revolution Date unavailable Date unavailable Ismail el Azhari's visit to Cairo: discussion with F R H Murray, minister, UK Embassy, Cairo Date unavailable Date unavailable Ismail el Azhari's visit to Cairo: consequences of talks with Egyptian leaders Date unavailable Date unavailable Relations between Egypt and Sudan: celebrations of Egyptian revolution attended by Sudanese Date unavailable Date unavailable Visit of Sudanese delegation to Egypt: official statement issued in Khartoum by Ismail el Azhari, 28 July 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Visit of Sudanese delegation to Egypt: Khartoum press comments Date unavailable Date unavailable Visit of Sudanese delegation to Egypt: text of message released by Ismail el Azhari on his talks with Egyptians Date unavailable Date unavailable Speech about Sudan made by Maj Salem at Mehalla El Kubra, 27 July 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Visit by Sudanese delegation to Egypt: account of visit given by Mubarak Zarroug, Sudanese minister of communications Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian-Sudanese relations: Sudanese approval of application for closed district permits from Egyptians in Southern Sudan Date unavailable Date unavailable Ismail el Azhari's visit to Cairo: précis of statement made on his return to Khartoum, 26 July 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable International Commission and other Sudanese affairs: discussion between F R H Murray and Egyptian foreign minister Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian-Sudanese relations: statement issued in Cairo by National Society of White Flag; article in El-Umma, 11 July 1955, incorporating a reply to Cairo statement Date unavailable Date unavailable F R H Murray's forthcoming interview with Col Nasser: request for FO advice on Egyptian complaint about UK interference in Sudan and question of Nile waters Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudanese affairs: Maj Salem's allegations about situation in Sudan, 10 Aug 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Sudan: discussion between Philip Adams and Sayed Ali Mirghani, Khatmia leader Date unavailable Date unavailable
FO#371/113614 Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan 01 January 1955 01 January 1955 Maj Salem's allegations about unrest in Southern Sudan: W H Luce's comments Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian interference in Sudan: Col Nasser's views Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian interference in Sudan: FO brief for UK Embassy, Cairo Date unavailable Date unavailable Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese relations: copy of letter to Ismail el Azhari from Southern Sudanese politicians at Wau, 5 Aug 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable International Commission and attitude of Egyptian press: UK discussions with Col Nasser and Maj Salem Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian interference in Sudan and Egyptian complaints Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian interference in Sudan and Egyptian complaints: Egyptian motives Date unavailable Date unavailable Egyptian proposal for a conference of Sudanese politicians which could make a declaration on future of Sudan: discussion between Humphrey Trevelyan, UK ambassador, Cairo, and Maj Salem Date unavailable Date unavailable Situation in Southern Sudan, plebiscite proposal and broadcasting and press controls: Sir K Helm's talks with Maj Salem Date unavailable Date unavailable Question of Nile waters, a separate Sudanese currency and withdrawal of troops from Sudan: Sir K Helm's discussion in FO with Anthony Nutting, UK minister of state for foreign affairs, 26 July 1955 Date unavailable Date unavailable Article in Egyptian newspaper Akhar Saat about Sir K Helm: Sir K Helm's reaction Date unavailable Date unavailable