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United States Recognizes Egyptian Independence

1922-04-26

President Warren G. Harding recognized Egypt’s independence on 26 April 1922 in a message to King Ahmed Fuad, delivered in Cairo by American representative J. Morton Howell. Formal diplomatic relations began that day. Howell had previously conducted consular and unofficial diplomatic business in a country whose foreign affairs Britain controlled. [5] [3]

Britain had notified Washington that it was ending its protectorate while reserving matters affecting British imperial interests for later agreement. Egypt could establish its own foreign ministry and send representatives abroad. The United States also attached a condition: recognition would preserve its existing commercial privileges and capitulatory rights in Egypt. [1] [2]

The American agency in Cairo became a legation that June. Egypt’s resident representation in Washington followed on 22 January 1924, when S. Yousry Pasha became its first minister. In 1946, the governments agreed to exchange ambassadors, and Mahmoud Hassan presented his new credentials to President Harry Truman that October. [3] [6] [7] [4] [8]

Sources

  1. British Ambassador Geddes to Secretary Hughes, 16 March 1922

    FRUS, 1922, vol. II, document 94, pp. 103–104; 883.00/403

  2. Secretary Hughes’s recognition instructions to J. Morton Howell

    FRUS, 1922, vol. II, document 98; 883.01/10a

  3. U.S. Department of State: recognition and diplomatic relations with Egypt

    Recognition; Diplomatic Relations

  4. State Department correspondence and editorial record on exchanging ambassadors

    FRUS, 1946, vol. VII, document 44, pp. 79–80; concluding editorial note

  5. President Harding to King Ahmed Fuad, 26 April 1922

    FRUS, 1922, vol. II, document 99; 883.01/11b

  6. Office of the Chief of Protocol: diplomatic representation of Egypt in Washington

    Rows for 22 January 1924, 10 October 1946, and 6 June 1967

  7. Ketty Migliaccio: The Embassy of Italy in Egypt, note on Saif Allah Yousrey

    Printed p.101, footnote32; PDF page56

  8. Truman appointment calendar: Mahmoud Hassan received as ambassador

    10 October 1946, noon appointment

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