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File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' [‎7r] (18/342)

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The record is made up of 1 file (167 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1911-20 Oct 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
WITH reference to the note addressed to me on the 11th instant, I have the
honour to inform your Excellency that the Italian Government accept the suggestion
contained therein that the Italian and British Ambassadors at Constantinople should
proposals which I had the honour to communicate to your Excellency on the
25th May last, omitting all reference to the French Government and limiting
the zone of operations to the territorial waters of the Yemen.
The Italian Government have already instructed their representative at Constanti
nople to act in agreement with the British Ambassador on the subject, and they
desire me to express the hope that your Excellency will be so good as to give similar
instructions to the British Ambassador at the Ottoman Court.
I have, &c.
IMPERIALI.
%RMS TRAFFIC.
[August 21.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1.
[33030]
No. 1.
Marquis Imperiali to Sir Edward Grey. — {Received, August 21.)
(Translation.)
Your Excellency,
Italian Embassy, London, August 17, 1911.
receive instructions to address identic notes to the Sublime Porte in the sense of the
[2144 x—1]

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The file concerns arms traffic by sea into Yemen in the course of the rebellion there against Turkish rule.

The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, 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. , and the Admiralty; the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge); and diplomatic representatives of the Governments of the Ottoman Empire (also referred to as Turkey), France and Italy.

The papers cover: diplomatic exchanges between the governments involved following a request by the Turkish Government to halt the illicit import of arms into Yemen by sea; discussion of the response of the British, French and Italian Governments to the possible seizure by the Turkish authorities of vessels (sambuks, dhows) under the protection of those Governments; the use of British, French and Italian naval vessels to patrol the area; the right of the Ottoman authorities to seize British vessels in the Red Sea; and discussions over an agreement between the four Governments to suppress arms traffic.

Correspondence from the Turkish and French Governments is in French.

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1 file (167 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order (except where enclosures of an earlier date follow their relevant covering letter) from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 520 (Arms Traffic in the Yemen) consists of one volume only.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 169. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and French in Latin script
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