Editorial Note
British civil and military officials, led by Under Secretary of State Sir Reginald Bowker and Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot, came to Washington September 5–8 for talks on the Anglo-Egyptian problem with members of the Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs. Three papers were agreed upon as a basis for the forthcoming bipartite talks between Acheson and Morrison and the tripartite meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, and France, at Washington, September 10–14. They were: Proposals to Egypt on its Participation in the Middle East Command; Proposed Timetable for Approach to Egypt and Turkey on the Middle East Command; The Sudan, (telegram 338 to Cairo, September 8, 641.74/9–851) No record of these meetings has been found in Department of State files. The text of the paper entitled “Proposals to Egypt on its Participation in ME Command” was sent to the Embassy in Turkey in telegram 182 of September 8 (same as telegram 339, page 181), the text of the paper entitled “Proposed Timetable for Approach to Turkey and Egypt” was sent to the Embassy in Turkey in telegram 183 of September 8 (page 182). The agreed paper on the Sudan is printed infra. For subsequent discussions on the Middle East Command and Egypt at the meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, and France, at Washington, September 10–14, see volume III, part 1, pages 1163 ff.