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File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' [18r] (40/342)
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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1
JTMs Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 1
ARMS TRAFFIC.
^NFIDENTIAL.
[28243]
29 jUL1911
[July 18.]
Section 1,
(No
Sir,
48. Africa.)
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir F. Bertie.
f W' r - ^ Foreign Office, July 18, 1911.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 45, Africa, of the 3rd instant respecting
the measures to he taken to check the smuggling of arms into the Yemen hy sea, I
transmit to your Excellency herewith copies' of correspondence, as marked in the
margin,* on the subject.
Your Excellency will observe that the Italian Government have proposed that an
agreement should be come to between Great Britain, Italy, France, and the Porte in
regard to the matter.
On the 7th instant the Italian Ambassador stated that the Italian Government
accept the suggestion contained in my note to his Excellency of the 29th ultimo, that
the scope of the contemplated agreement should he limited to territorial waters, and
propose that the text of a joint note to the Turkish Government should be agreed
upon. His Excellency understood that the French Government having communicated
to the Porte the conditions on which they would allow interference with French
vessels, the discussions with them on the Italian proposal had ceased.
I request your Excellency to ascertain from the French Government and report
to me as soon as possible whether it is a fact that they have already given their reply
to the proposal made by the Turkish Government, as stated by the Marquis Imperial],
and, should this be the case, to inform M. de Selves that His Majesty’s Government
propose to join with the Italian Government in addressing a note to the Porte in the
sense of the draft agreement communicated by the Marquis Imperial! on the 25th May
last.
I am, &c.
E. GREY.
* Marquis Imperial!, May 25; to ditto, June 29; to Sir R. Rodd, No. 19 a, Africa.
[2125 s—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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (167 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 21r:24v, 26r:30v, 33r:39v, 41r:81v, 85r:86v, 89r:103v, 106r:106v, 109r:109v, 121r:136v, 141r:153v, 155r:165v, 167r:168v, back-i
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