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File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' [37r] (78/342)
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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ARMS TRAFFIC.
CON FI DEN UAL.
• s 17MAY191
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lA pril 26.]
Section 3.
[14891]
No. 1.
Foreign Office to Colonial Office.
Sir, Foreign Office, April 26, 1911.
WITH reference to the letter from this office of the 18th instant, respecting the
suppression of the illicit arms traffic with the Yemen, I am directed by Secretary Sir
E. Grey to transmit to you herewith copies of correspondence, as marked in the margin,
on the subject.]"
Mr. Secretary Harcourt will observe that the Porte have refused the offer of the
French Government to send a war-ship to police French dhows navigating in the
territorial waters of the Yemen.
Sir E. Grey considers that it is now unnecessary to send one of His Majesty’s ships
for a similar purpose, and he would, if Mr. Harcourt concur, suggest to Italian Govern
ment the acceptance of the proposal of the French Government, outlined in the despatch
to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Paris, subject to the conditions specified in the note
from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, enclosed in Sir F. Bertie’s despatch
No. 19 of the 6th April, namely, that the arrangement should be provisional and
temporary, and that the question of principle should be reserved.
In accordance with Sir G. Lowther’s suggestion made in his despatch No. 2, Africa,
of the 22nd ultimo, the Porte would also be informed that dhows putting into forbidden
ports owing to stress of weather must not be punished.
A similar communication has been addressed to 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.
Sir E. Grey would be glad of a very early answer to this letter.
I am, &c.
LOUIS MALLET.
* AJso to
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 Admiralty, mutatis viutandis.
t To Sir F. Bertie, No. 32, Africa, April 26 ; to Turkish Ambassador, April 22; Sir G. Lowther, No. 2,
Africa, March 22, No. 3, Africa, April 15 ; Sir F. Bertie, No. 19, Africa, April 6, 1911.
[1980 cc—3]
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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)
- 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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