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Crown Copyright Catalogue Reference:CAB/23/48 Image Reference:0004 (c) crown copyright Catalogue Reference:CAB/23/48 Image Reference:0004 (THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) COPY NO.. r 1 S E C R E T, " " CABINET 29 (24). Meeting of the Cabinet to be held at No-. 10 Downing Street, SiWo(i), on Thursday, May 1st., 1924, at 11 A.MJ AGENDA, 1, AIRSHIP DEVELOPMENT. Reference Cabinet 15(24) 60 Note by Secretary of State for Afr covering Report of Committee, * (C0 Po2S7(24) - already circulated), ^1 *0^ 2 * POLICY IN IRAQ, Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, (CoP.264(24) - already circulated). 3 * ANGLO-EGYPTIAN NEGOTIATIONS. Memorandum by the Prime Minister dated April 9th,1924 (Foreign Office NoB3^42/368/16 - already circulated) Conclusions of tho Committee of Imperial Defence, (CP*260(24) - already circulated). 4. LOANS TO HERRING FISHERIES IN SCOTLAND FOR THE PURCHASE OF Memorandum by the Secretary for Scotland, (C0Pc250(24) - already circulated). Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (C0Po262(24) - already circulated)e 0S ROYAL COIffilSSION^ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. Memorandum by the Minister of Health, (CP. 246(24) - already circulated). & * ROAD PIMP PIEAMCE. ftexeronce Ca binet 18(24) 4(11). Joint Memo ran dura by the Minister of Transport and the Financial Secretary, Treasury. (CoPo 268(24) - already circulated). 7. flapIffiSBfl TATIOH OP THE PEOPDB A M (1918) Memorandum by the Homo Secretary. (C*P0 275 (24) - TO be circulated). (Sd) MoP,A, HAHKEY, Secretary, Cabinet. Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I., £9th April, 1924. The Secretary. 55 ( THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY CP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTYr S GOVERNMENT) . SECRET. COPY HO. 1. G A B I N E g 29(24). CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at 10, Downing Street, S . 1;;,L, on THURSDAY, MAY 1st. 1924, at 11 A, Me PRESENT The Right Eon. Jo Ramsay MacPonald, Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. (In the Chair). The Right Hon. '2he Right Horn. Lord Parmoor of Erieth, Viscount Haldune, K,T.,0.M. KcO.V.O,,K.C., Lord lord Chancellor. President of the Council, The Right Hon. The Right Hon. J.R0 Clynes, M.Po 7 Philip Snowden, M.P0 7 Lord Privy Sealc Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon., The Right Hon., A. Henderson, M.P., Secretary JcHo TUomas, M.P,, Secretary of State for Home Affairs. of State for the Colonies? The Right Hon., The Right Hon, Stephen Walsh, M.P,, Secretary Lord Olivier, K.C.M.G.,C.Ba , of State for War. Secretary of State for Indian Br:ig?-General The Right Hon, The Right Hon. Lord Thomson, C.B.E.,DoS. Oe, Viscount Chelmsford, G.C.M.G0 , Secretary of State for Air. G.C.S-Ic,GoC.IoE.,GsBoEs, First Lord of the Admiralty, The Right Hon. The Right Hon, Sidney Webb, M.P,, President John VJheatley,. M.P., of the Board of Trade, Ilinister of HealthB The Right Hon. The Right Hon. Charles Trevelyan, M.p0 , Noel Button, M.P., Ilinister President of the Board of of Agriculture and Fisheries. Education. The Right Hon. The Right Hon. Tom Shaw, C. B. E. ,M.P. , William Adams on, II.P., Mini st e r of Lab our. Secretary for Scotland. The Right Hon. Col, The Right Hon. Tern on Hartshorn, C.B,E.,MtP.. J.C Wedgwood, D.S.0.,M.Po, P os tma ster-General. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Right Hon. F.W. Jowett, M.P., First Commissioner of lorks. C O I- ? 0 Lieut.-Col, Sir H.P.A. Hankey, G.C.B. Secretary. 4 56 (This Document is the Property of His Britannic­ Majesty'"s" Government'. T - S B 0 R E i - CABINET 29 (24). CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet, held at 10, Downing Street, S.W.1, on THURSElAY, MAY 1, 1924, at 11 a.m. AIRSHIP 1. The Cabinet had under consideration a Note by DEVELOP" MENU. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, covering the recommendations of the Cabinet Committee on Airship (Previous Reference. Development (Paper CP.-267 (24)), together with a Cabinet 16 (24), Con­ Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Air suggesting olusion 6.) oertain amendments in these recommendations (Paper CP.-274 (24)). The Secretary of State for Air informed the Cabinet of the results of a Conference which he himself, accompanied by representatives of the Treasury and Air Ministry, had held with Commander Burney, at which progress had been made towards the conclusion of satis­ factory financial arrangements with Commander Burney Vb group in the event of approval being- given by the Cabinet to the proposals of the Committee. The Cabinet agreed ­ (a) That the Air Ministry should be authorised to proceed with research and experimental stages In regard to Airships, and the simultaneous oon­ struotion of a 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity airship at Cardington, whose primary function should be naval reconnaissance. The design of this airship to be based on results obtained from this research and experimental work: That the conditions for training of personnel, etc. , should, as reoom­ mended by the Cabinet Committee, be determined by the Committee of Imperial Defence: That their remaining recommendations should be referred back to the Cabinet Committee for further con­ sideration in the light of the proposals of the Secretary of State for Air in CP.-274 (24). (b) That, the conditions for training of personnel, etc, , should, as reodra­ mended by the Cabinet Committee, be determined by the Oonmiittee of Imperial Defeiioe: Co) That their remaining recoranondations should be referred hack to the Cabinet Coimrdttee for further con­ sideration in the light of the proposals of the Secretary of State for Air in C.P*-274 (24). 2. The Cabinet had before them a Memorandum by ­ the Secretary of State for the Colonies in regard to Policy in Iraq (Paper CP.-264 (24)). The Secretary of State for the Colonies pointed out that the proposals in his Memorandum had been based on the assumption that the Iraq Constituent Assembly would accept the Treaty, the Protocol and Subsidiary Agreements. Information had now been received, however which led him to think that in all probability the Iraq Constituent Assembly might adjourn without either accepting or rejecting the Treaty. After discussion, the Cabinet agreed — (a) That, in the event of the acceptance by the Iraq^ Constituent Assembly of the Treaty V etc.', the "following conclusions, based on the recommendations of the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Paper CP.-264 (24)), should be adopt ed: ­ (i) That the Cabinet should agree in principle to ratify the Treaty, Protocol and Subsidiary Agree­ ments: (ii) That as soon as the Iraq Conatit­ uent Assembly has "accepted" the Treaty, eto., an opportunity should be given to Parliament to discuss"the whole question prior to the exchange of rati­ fications, and that in the meantime the text of the Protocol and Agreements should be published as a Parliamentary Paper: (iii) That the principle of the proposed "Guarantee Bill" should be aocepted, the preparation of the draft Bill being left to the Departments con­ oemed (na.mely, the Treasury and Colonial Office): (b) That, to meet, the case of the Iraq Constit­ ^SVAs^^^^^^^oural^ without aooepting the. Treaty, Protocol and" Subsidiary Agreed menbs' - ----------------- , , (i) The Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Lord President of the Council (as British Representative on the Council of the League of Nations) should oonfer as to the desirability of approaching the League of Mations in regard to the future of the quasi mandatory position which Great Britain at present holds in regard to Iraq: (ii) That, in the contingency contemplated, the decisions recorded above in Conclusion (a)(i) should not be announced: (o) That the Committee of Imperial Defence should enquire into the military impli­ cations on the assumption that the Iraq. Treaty is not accepted by the Constituent Assembly. 3. The Cabinet had before them a Memorandum clroulatod by the Prime Minister as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated April 9, 1924, in re.gard to the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations (Foreiga Office No.3242/368/16) and a Despatch dated April 12, 1924, from Field-Marshal Lord Allenby (Foreign Office, No. E.3534/22/16), together with the Conclusions of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the subjeot of the Anglo-Sgyptian Negotiations (Paper CP.-260 (24)). The Prime Minister give his colleagues a summary of the latest developments of the situation, in the course of which he Mentioned that any agreement with Egypt would have to be ratified by Parliament, and that from a Parliamentary point of view the following points were essential (i) That it would not be possible for Great Britain to evacuate the Sudan and to disinterest herself in that region, since it was clear that if the Egyptian Government attempted to naks its"authority felt in the Sudan there would be a rebellion: (ii) That a very great military problem arose out of the desire of the Egyptian Govern­ ment for the evacuation of Cairo by the British forces. It might not be essential, from the military point of view, to remain in Cairo itself, since our vital interests might be safeguarded by the occupation of other positions which would be less provo­ oative to Egyptian sentiment. There was no question, however, but that the safety of the Suez Canal and of essential Air Stations must be guaranteed effectively in some shape or form. The Prime Minister also informed his colleagues of indications of Italian propaganda in Egypt, and of difficulties in regard to water-supply, affecting cotton production in Egyptian territory, arising out of Italian action on the upper waters of the Blue Nile.
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