883.12/40
The Chargé in Egypt (Winship) to the
Secretary of State
Bulkeley, Ramleh, June
22, 1928.
[Received July 19.]
No. 283Sir: I have the honor to refer to my cable of
even date, No. 24, and to report that I have been informed officially by
the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the Egyptian Government has taken
a favorable decision to accord representation on the International
Quarantine Board at Alexandria to the United States, and official
notification is given in the enclosed Note, with translation, dated
Cairo, June 21, 1928, No. 40–3/10 (46).
Article two of Khedivial Decree of June 17, 1893 requires that all
delegates should be recognized doctors with regular diplomas from a
European faculty of medicine, or from the State, or an official of
career of the grade of at least Vice Consul or of an equivalent
grade.
The Egyptian Government asks to be informed in due time the name of the
delegate proposed by the American Government to sit on said Board,
together with a report as to his position or medical record.
The Director of the Board expressed to me the hope that a physician would
be designated, one with experience in quarantine matters. If this is not
found practical, however, at the present time, the American Consul at
Alexandria may be named.
Needless to say, I am very gratified at the Egyptian Government’s
favorable decision in this matter.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs
(Ghali)
to the American Chargé (Winship)
Cairo, June 21,
1928.
No. 40–3/10Monsieur le Chargé d’affaires: By letter of
May 16, last, No. 540, you brought to my attention the desire
expressed by the Government of the United States of America to be
represented on the Maritime and Quarantine Sanitary Council of Egypt
at Alexandria.
In this regard you referred to the great importance your Government
attached to participate in the administration of quarantine service
in order to assure, on the one hand, the protection of the
increasing maritime commerce of the United States, and on the other
hand, to inform the country against the danger of infection by the
diseases that might be introduced in their ports by the numerous
ships coming from the Near East.
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To demonstrate the importance of the maritime interests of the United
States, you cited the fact that twelve to fifteen thousand American
tourists visit Egypt annually and that several thousand others
annually pass through Suez en route to the Orient. Besides this, the
great number of American ships that pass the Suez Canal destined for
the United States was established by statistics.
I have the honor to inform you that, taking these facts into
consideration, the Egyptian Government is happy to agree, in
principle, to the representation of the United States on the
Maritime and Quarantine Sanitary Council, (International Quarantine
Board).
In view of this, I hope you will be so kind as to make known in due
time the name of the delegate that will be designated in this
connection by your Government and this, in view of the steps
necessary to be taken for his recognition.
In this regard, I should draw your attention to the last paragraph of
Article 2, of the Decree of June 19, 1893, which prescribes that:
“All delegates should be doctors with regular diplomas, from
a European faculty of medicine, or from the State, or an
official of career of the grade of at least Vice Consul, or
of an equivalent grade.”
I seize this occasion [etc.]
