I will receive the help of all the loyal citizens who believe in their rights from all parties, and therefore I call upon you all to appreciate the gravity of the situation and to deal with it with sincerity and appreciation, and to avoid anything that would widen the rift between you and increase the responsibilities of those who work for the good of Sudan. I also call upon you to maintain calm and order until the still unclear matters become clear, and let us work to unite our ranks to work for our country in the future.

I am convinced that the efforts we must make now, which calm will help us to undertake, will lead to good results.

Finally, I make a special request to all those who have come to the three cities from the outlying areas to return to their residences without delay and resume their private affairs.

I traveled from Khartoum to Cairo in November 1946 by seaplane, accompanied by my son Mr. Muhammad Al-Khalifa Sharif and my son Dr. Bashir Muhammad Saleh. We arrived in Cairo at night. The Egyptian government did not wish to send anyone to the airport to receive or welcome us, and we had to spend the night in Cairo and meet there with the Governor-General of Sudan, Sir Hubert Huddleston.

While we were at the "Heliopolis" hotel in Cairo, with a number of my student sons who were studying in Egypt, the Governor-General visited me, accompanied by his secretary Mr. Luce, who later became Political Advisor to the Governor-General, and also accompanied by the Undersecretary of the Sudan Government in Cairo, Mr. Hazzard, and his assistant Mr. Samuel Attia. My sons wanted to withdraw from the meeting, but the Governor-General indicated to them not to do so. He was speaking in English, and Mr. Samuel Attia undertook the translation from English to Arabic.

In that session, the Governor-General informed me of the agreement concluded by Mr. Bevin with my friend Pasha, which they initialed as a prelude to presenting it to their parliaments. I asked the Governor-General if he could postpone the invitation to endorse the agreement until my return, and he replied that he could not and could not promise me anything in this regard.

The Governor-General expressed his pleasure at my travel and assured me that I would find a warm welcome there. He stated that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Attlee, was ready to receive me and that the senior British government officials welcomed my arrival. He then indicated that my mission was difficult and arduous, and clarified that I would be able to express my views and make my voice heard.

The text of the agreement concluded, as I heard from Sir Hubert Huddleston, was as follows. 73