The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council project, and it is worth noting that it previously approved the principle. (2) His Excellency agrees with the Imam on the damages resulting from the delay in completing the project, but he has strong hope in the British government, which is seriously studying this project and the ways to make it effective. (4) The Governor hopes that such a matter will not be decided solely from a legal standpoint, but there are other aspects, including: A- The Security Council's resolution regarding the Sudan issue. This resolution placed Britain in a stronger position than it was during the "Sudqi-Even Project" days. B- The Advisory Council's approval of the project. C- The current state of Sudan, which is much more advanced than its state fifty years ago. D- The participation of Sudanese in the last war on the side of democracy. (5) The Governor hopes that the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council will be implemented sooner than the end of 1948. When the Imam was asked if this meant that the elections would take place and the Assembly would convene in this place before the end of 1948, the Imam replied that, God willing, this would happen. (6) The Governor-General stated that the British Foreign Secretary and Mr. Hector McNeil declared that His Majesty's Government in Britain does not negotiate with Egypt on preparing Sudanese for self-governance and self-determination, and many people in the world acknowledge that the sovereignty of any people lies within its own people and not in the hands of any foreign state. (7) His Excellency asked the Imam if he accepted the two councils project as presented by the government or if he accepted it with the amendments recommended by the Advisory Council. His Excellency replied that the recommendations are currently under study to incorporate all or some of them into the project. In July 1948, the Egyptian government responded to the project for the establishment of a Legislative Assembly in Sudan, stating in the letter of the Egyptian Ambassador in the United Kingdom to the British Foreign Secretary the following. 90