883.05/229: Telegram
The Agent and Consul General at Cairo ( Sprigg ) to the Secretary of State
Cairo
,
October 12,
1921—6 p.m.
[Received October 12—4:28 p.m.]
[Received October 12—4:28 p.m.]
31. The Foreign Office has requested me to transmit by telegraph the following:
As the Mixed Courts terminate October 31st current, the adherence of the American Government is asked to a prolongation of these courts for an indefinite period from November 1st next, under reservation of the right of the Egyptian Government to end them upon giving a year’s notice in advance to the interested powers.
Sprigg