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Telegram from the United Kingdom Embassy to Cairo on the question of Sudanese independence (Cairo, 2 October 1955)

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On 2 October 1955, the United Kingdom Embassy to Cairo informs the British Foreign Office that the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, accepts the holding of a referendum on the independence of Sudan.

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Source and copyright

Source: Great Britain. Embassy (Egypt). [Telegram from Cairo to Foreign Office (2 October 1955)]. 02-10-1955. No 1366. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). FO - Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office, FO 371 - Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. African (J): Egypt ; Sudan (JE). Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan, FO 371/113616.

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Subject files: Decolonisation: geopolitical issues and impact on the European integration process

Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Telegram from Cairo to Foreign Office (2 October 1955)]
Sender: Great Britain. Embassy (Egypt)
Recipient: Great Britain. Foreign Office
Creation date: 02/10/1955
Number of pages: 2 p.
Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
Object number: No 1366

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: FO - Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
Archive sub-collection: FO 371 - Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. African (J): Egypt ; Sudan (JE)
Folder name: Political relations between UK, Egypt and Sudan
Folder number: FO 371/113616