| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/6/13 |
| File Number | WG 1063/6 PT.1 |
| Title | 2nd Egyptian Agreement |
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| Description | Main topics: proposal by Commission to negotiate agreement with Egypt; disagreements over terms with members of Anglo-Egyptian War Cemeteries Executive Committee; proposal to modify powers of committee; draft terms of agreement; and nature of Anglo-Egyptian committee required to implement it; terms on which Commission would hold land for cemeteries in Egypt; relations with Foreign Office in conduct of negotiations; impact of changing political situation in Egypt on security of war cemeteries. |
| Content Note | Including: Note of interview between Commission officers and Foreign Office re war graves agreement; 24 Sep. 1929. Minute summarising previous action re possible agreement with Egypt; 19 Sep. 1929. Letter from F. Ware to Principal Assistant Secretary re his health and worry about drafting agreement; 14 Mar. 1930. Note of meeting giving views of Anglo-Egyptian Committee re proposed agreement; 1 May 1930. Minute by Legal Adviser re uncertainty over legal status of committee; 9 May 1930. Copies of papers re gift of land to Commission by Egyptian government; 24 Nov.1917 - 27 Apr. 1921; with letter; 7 July 1930. Letter from IWGC Eastern District re erosion of headstones in Iraq; 16 July 1930. Letter stating Anglo-Egyptian Committee's reasons for opposing negotiation of an agreement; 24 Dec. 1930. |
| Date | 17/11/1917 - 24/12/1930 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
| ArchNote | RELATED MATERIAL IS IN FILE TFC 14. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/2 | Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission | 1869-1949 |