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Commercial Secretaries.

Oral Answers to Questions — Egypt. – in the House of Commons at on 9 April 1930.

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Photo of Lieut-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert James Lieut-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert James , Bromley

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the negotiations now in progress with the Egyptian representatives, arrangements are being made for trade commissioners?

Mr. A. HENDERSON:

There is already a commercial secretary at His Majesty's Residency in Cairo, and provision for an Assistant Commercial Secretary has been made in the Estimates of the Department of Overseas Trade. This matter has not been discussed in connection with the present negotiations.

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