Consists of confidential print documents issued by the United Kingdom Foreign and Colonial Office since c1820. This collection covers: the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the nineteenth century; the Middle East Conference of 1921; the Mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia; the Suez Crisis in 1956; the partition of Palestine; post-Suez Western foreign policy; the Arab-Israeli conflict. Confidential Print: Middle East is a fundamental resource for academics, students and researchers studying the modern Middle East. These historical documents inform the volatile situation in the region today.