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- 31 - And I believe that the understandings I mentioned in my last annual report and the means (11) are sufficient for the purpose, as I proposed there to address the issue of the new council in legislation with the following two conditions: (1) That no notice of inspection of the work of any national of the signatory states of the treaty or of those included in those states shall be issued, which does not fall under the scope of foreign privileges without the intervention of judges, except by a judge of the nationality of one of those states or with his permission. (2) That in all cases where consular intervention is required for entry to implement a judgment against him, or to inspect his home, or for other judicial purposes, the execution shall not be carried out except in the presence of a police officer or a court bailiff of the nationality of the signatory states to the treaty, and under his supervision. If we express the result of the desired change in terms other than those of the experts, it would mean the following: that the Egyptian police cannot enter the home of a European without the consent of his consulate and the presence of a representative from the consulate, and this representative is usually an Easterner, rarely. According to the new system required, the consular representative acts on behalf of the consul, and a European police officer or a European from the European judicial authorities acts on behalf of the consular representative. If the intention is to inspect the home of an Englishman, Frenchman, or German residing in Cairo or Alexandria, it would be carried out as if that person were residing in London, Paris, or Berlin. However, it may differ in one respect, which is that those who inspect his home may not be Englishmen, Frenchmen, or Germans, but from another European country. This is a difference that I do not think Europeans residing in Egypt fear or are wary of. (h) The Police I have discussed the most important of the two aspects of police intervention in the affairs of Europeans, which is their involvement in their trials. I will now discuss the other aspect, which is important. It appears that some Europeans fear that changing the system of foreign privileges may lead to police overreach and misuse of their authority in dealing with Europeans outside their homes. However, I do not understand the basis of this fear, as Europeans do not currently have any special privileges outside their homes. To address what we are discussing, the police now have the authority to arrest anyone who commits certain crimes in the streets, whether Egyptian

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