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File 619/1907 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic :- Muscat Warehouse. Negotiations with France 1907-1911.' [203r] (414/980)
The record is made up of 1 volume (488 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1906-25 Aug 1911. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ARMS TRAEEIO.
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[April 7.]
Section 1,
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No. 1.
StV F. Bertie to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received April 7.)
(No. 15. Africa.)
Sir, Paris, April 5, 1910.
YOUR despatch No. 13, Africa, of the 30th ultimo, which I had the honour to
receive on the following day, directed me to take the first opportunity of communi
cating to the Minister for Eoreign Affairs a memorandum enclosed in your despatch,
and which proposed certain measures which His Majesty’s Government are anxious to
see adopted with a view of checking the arms traffic in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and you
desired me to impress upon his Excellency the importance which they attach to
receiving an early reply from the Erench Government.
When I received your despatch M. Pichon was at Monaco for the fetes connected
with the inauguration of the Oceanographical Museum. I therefore communicated
the memorandum to the Political Director at the Quai d’Orsay, and requested him to
submit it to the Minister for Eoreign Affairs on his return to Paris, and to ask his
Excellency to receive me as soon as possible to discuss the matter with h^
M. Pichon returned to Paris on the night of the 2nd instant, and he received’m.
yesterday. He said that the Political Director had submitted to him the memorandum
which I had communicated to him. He knew that I had several times urged on him
the injury to British interests of the traffic in arms, and the necessity to control it.
He was most anxious to do what he could to meet the wishes of His J 8
Government, but there were great difficulties in the way—opposition from the Mims ry
for the Colonies for financial reasons, and the objection which wo aid be made m
Parliament to putting obstacles in the way of a legitimate trade unless smta i e
compensation for its limitation were forthcoming. He would have to discuss the
matter with the Minister for the Colonies and bring it before the Cabinet. Personally
he thought that it might be possible for the Erench Government to consent to ti e
prohibition of the importation of arms and ammunition into Muscat f °r ^e peiiod o
one year from about two months later than the date suggested by His Majesty s
Goye y rnment! hut this concession would he with the view of givmstime fora^neral
settlement of the question. His Excellency did not consider be ?Xow!
for the Erench Government to consent to the search by British ships of war ot cl
ruder the Erench flag for the same period of one year, for the Erench Chambers would
not sanction such a concession unless a suitable pro quo were g've’ 1 o . -p j
I reminded M. Pichon that His Majesty’s Government had given » irencn
naval authorities the right of search of British vef els m the temtoml waters of
Morocco'in order to enable the Erench Governmen op j ao . a i ns t the
arms which were intended for natives in Morocco, and h * " W § rs lila!
Erench, and the proposal of His Majesty’s Government was for J^ymg aji^^
remedy in the case of arms probably mten e oi V 8 E^vut and Morocco had
His Excellency demurred to the two cases b j;ing pVance^iad made concessions
been a matter of bargain between 1 ranee and * Prance in re o. a rd to Morocco.
to England in Egypt, and England had made cone -nolicyof His Majesty’s
He added that he was fully conscious of how oya ^ occo an( j the Erench Govern-
Government as regarded the position o ? j contended that a right of
ment were most grateful to His Majesty s G ' England but it had been
search was no part of the bargain be ween r Government as a friendly
accorded to the Erench naval authorities y j sun ply of arms to persons who
act in order to facilitate the task of suppies ^ , asked that similar facilities
would probably use them against Erench as regards
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The volume discusses the arms trade at Muscat and attempts by the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat to prohibit it; also included are reports and discussions from the Conference on Arms Traffic which was being held in Brussels in 1909 at the same time as the discussions in the volume.
Included in the volume is correspondence with the French Consul at Muscat (Lucien-Ernest-Roger Laronce, and Charles Céleste Albert Jeannier) and representatives of the Government of France regarding both the need for French co-operation to enforce the prohibition, and suspicions that French merchants at Muscat were involved in the trade.
The later correspondence discusses the following: a proposal made by the French Government that would have seen the Gambia being given by Britain to France; the decision by the French Government to attempt to end the arms trade in Jibuti [Djibuti]; and reports on the work of British naval authorities to stop vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and seize arms and ammunition.
The principal correspondents for the British Government include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Maskat [Muscat] (William George Grey, Robert Erskine Holland, and Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis William Dane, and Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler); the Naval Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station (Sir Edmund Samuel Poe, and Edmond John Warre Slade); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Victor Alexander Bruce, Lord Elgin); the British Ambassador to France (Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame), and representatives of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .
This volume is part 1 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (488 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/111-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 484; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 229-242 and ff 258-270 respectively; these numbers are written in blue crayon.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:6v, 9r:18r, 19v:51v, 85r:107r, 108v:128v, 135r:143v, 156r:176v, 177v:265r, 267v:288r, 289v:313v, 314v:320v, 321v:323v, 324v:340v, 342r:343v, 344v:346r, 349r:357v, 366v:412v, 414r:435v, 437r:437v, 439r:451v, 454v, 455v:484v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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