Palmerston’s Levant policy intentions were unknown even to his own Egypt consul

Evidence

Vereté argues, not very successfully, it should be added, that Palmerston as early as 1832 did have a clear idea about where British interests lay regarding the Turco-Egyptian crisis. He fails to explain, for example, why Palmerston refused the Porte’s request for naval assistance. Be that as it may, the important issue is that even if he did have clear ideas about the Levant crisis, his Consul in Egypt did not know what these might have been, and Mehmed Ali was left in the dark regarding possible British moves. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 393

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: British policy toward the Levant crisis stayed opaque even to its own consul; Palmerston stayed silent on Egypt’s Syrian war until hostility developed later — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 254
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: British policy toward the Levant crisis stayed opaque even to its own consul; Palmerston stayed silent on Egypt’s Syrian war until hostility developed later — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 254

Broader Connections

• British policy toward the Levant crisis stayed opaque even to its own consul #expands (0.95)