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Settlement. Therefore from loth August 1934 until such time as the present
number of Yemeni Jews has been reduced to 300 at Sheikh Othman and Crater
all indigent Yemeni Jews will be prevented from entering the settlement.
2 I shall therefore be glad if you will kindly inform the leading Yemen Jews
and the Zionist Executive Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Palestine of the restriction to be imposed
by this Administration so that they may be enabled to use their influence to
restrict further immigration until the present numbers are absorbed bv the
Immigration Certificates and embarked for Palestine. Due notice of the cancel
lation of this order will be given to you.
Enclosure 2 to Serial No. (33).
Letter from the Cohoxiah Office, to the Foreign Officpi, No. 78076(35 dated
the 13th March 1935.
Under cover of our letter No. 37976(34 of the 9th Januarv, we sent vou a
cop> of our despatch to the Resident at Aden [Serial No. (7)J, regarding the
alleged persecution of Jews in the Yemen, and I now enclose for vour informa-
lubject 0 ^ ° f aU mterim reply [Serial No - ( 33 )J> from Sir Bernard Reilly on the
Subject to your concurrence we are disposed to think that it would be hotter
110 anything further to Colonel Wedgwood until we have learned the
result ot the Resident’s enquiries.
tic
Pile informal ion in paragraphs 2 to 4 of the despatch regarding the restric-
T P l^ ed ,° n il l e eiLtry of Yfemeni Jews into Aden is meant for our information
on.}. We do not propose to mention the matter to. the Joint Foreign Committee
unless they themselves raise the question.
Enclosure 3 to Serial No. (33).
Letter from the Foreign Office, to the Colonial Office, No. E.-1720fl4 91
DATED THE 22nd MaRCH 1935. .
1 , 0 , 1 ' y0 , ul ' Ietfer y°- 7807C T35 of the 13th March (Enclosure 2
above), about the alleged persecution of Jews in the Yemen.
AVe quite agree that there is nothing further to be said to Colonel Wedgwood
until the Resident reports further. we i^vvooci
Enclosure 4 to Serial No. (33).
Letter from the Resident, Aden, to the Colonial Office, No. 61 dated- the
11th March 1935.
ro ,, T p ave the honour to refer to paragraph 1 of mv despatch No 45 dated tho
h [Seri , al aad «'tate tfat I L°ve asirtained
tVn 1 v Ug oflla s imposed restrictions on the emigration of Jew*
r( ni the \ emeu to I alestme through Aden and by any other route His oh iocf
in doing so ls stated to be his desire to help the Moslem interests^in Palestiim bv
not mcieasing the number of Jews in that country. *
. 2 ;. r| ' ll 1 e y, emeni Government had previously discouraged emie-ratinn t,.
Palestine by the confiscation of property in the Yemen belonging to theemm-ants
but n.i penalties were inflicted on their relatives who remained in th”Yemen
M hen it was realised that the majority of Yemeni Jews who left for Aden were’
bound for Palestine the Yemeni authorities decided to prevent the emigration
alre trefferihL 0 purpose!' 6 ’ reStrictiol ‘ s about three months
3. If a Jew now wishes to leave the Yemen to do business in Aden or elsel
® .‘ e , 1K rec I ,ure d to produce a surety for his return without which he is not
ments of JeL’frorn plare t^phmlhfthrinterio! of thrYemen , . S6<1 011 th ° m ° Ve ~
hmc^e’ !V5' 6 of b! ‘ hC P0Slti ° n ° f JeWS 1,1 ‘ he Yemel1 of interest, and