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STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
(a) In view of the dependence of both Egypt and the Sudan on the waters of the Nile and in order to ensure the fullest co-operation in expanding the supplies available and in sharing them, it is essential that the friendliest relations should link the two peoples.
(b) It is the common aim of Egypt and Great Britain to enable the people of the Sudan to attain full self-government as soon as practicable and thereafter choose freely for themselves their form of government and the relationship with Egypt that will best meet their needs as they then exist.
(c) In view of the wide differences of culture, race, religion and political development existing among the Sudanese, the process of attaining full self-govern- ment requires the co-operation of Egypt and the United Kingdom with the Sudanese. (d) The two Governments therefore agree to set up forthwith a tripartite com- mission in order to help the Sudanese towards the goal in (b) and to assist them in formulating their future Constitution.
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