The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Memoranda on the Uganda Development Corporation Limited.

1:500,000 map of desert north of Gilf Kebir plateau. Printed on linen-backed paper. The western edge of the map charts Italian territory.
Annotated with route and features around the north edge of Gilf Kebir.

Letter from WSC to Sir Ronald Graham thanking him for temporarily taking over the post of British Government Director of the Suez Canal Company on Lord Hankey's appointment to the War Cabinet and advising him that Lord Hankey is now able to resume his duties with the Board [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Lord Hankey informing him of his reappointment as British Director of the Suez Canal Company, and also thanking him for temporarily assuming the duties of Resident Director in Paris [France] [carbon].

Letter from WSC (Port Said, [Egypt]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he comments on an "atrocious fraud" [perpetrated on them by James Cruickshank], encloses Egyptian stamps for "Jack" [John S Churchill] and describes Port Said as "dirty, squalid and uninteresting".

Letter from Charles Townshend (Riviera Palace Hotel, Monte Carlo) to WSC hoping he will "lead us in a new party against Bolshevism", describing the trouble which he believes would follow in Egypt and India if a Socialist government were installed, and referring to his withdrawal from the North Norfolk election due to laryngitis.

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC enclosing: an essay: "Egypt or Greece?" advising transferral of troops from Egypt to Greece; beginning of a letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to Josiah Wedgwood criticising official policy towards Egypt and Greece and comparing it with that of General Sir John Maxwell in 1915 [manuscript and copy]; with acknowledgement and a letter of thanks from WSC. [See CHAR 20/2B/129 for WSC's reply to essay and CHAR 20/8/125 for covering letter].

Letter from Sir Miles Lampson [British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, later 1st Lord Killearn] to WSC apologising, particularly as he was proved wrong by subsequent events in Egypt and Greece; discusses his local situation with Egyptian leaders Hassan Sabri, Hussein Sirri and King Farouk.

Letter from James Phillpotts (Bella Vista, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]) to WSC on the importance of propaganda in favour of British rule among the fellaheen in Egypt.

Detailed summary of his career by General Sir Reginald Wingate, with special emphasis on his service as Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army and Governor-General of the Sudan [Africa], compiled in support of his claim to a maximum pension. Sent with CHAR 2/118/1.

Extract from a letter from Mabrouk Fehmi [officer in the Egyptian Army] to General Sir Reginald Wingate arguing that Egypt is not yet ready for full independence, criticising the Swan Commission and attributing Egypt's troubles to Rushdi Adly and Saad Zaghlul. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/118/1.

Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Congreve (Cairo, [Egypt]) to WSC asking whether he will recommend him to the vacant post of Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot [Hampshire], since he thinks that only General Sir Hubert Gough is a better candidate than himself, reporting on the quiet political situation in Egypt and commenting on the Irish settlement.

Memorandum by James Phillpotts (The Ousels, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]) suggesting a propaganda campaign among the Fellaheen in support of the British presence in Egypt and the establishment of a mobile police force there. Sent with CHAR 2/120/22.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC criticising the weak policy towards Egypt during the Dardanelles campaign of General Sir John Maxwell and Colonel Sir Henry Mcmahon and enclosing two letters from "the Canadian Northcliffe", Colonel J B Maclean [not present].