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Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.' [21r] (41/144)
The record is made up of 1 file (70 folios). It was created in 4 Mar 1930-9 Oct 1940. 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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however, wish to consider the desirability of omitting
the last paragraph of the draft agreement. This clause
provides that His Majesty the King of the Yemen is to
take note of the French Government's declaration, and is
to express his acquiescence in its substance. It is not
understood what practical advantage there would be in
endeavouring to persuade the King of the Yemen to sign a
statement on these lines. Its omission would, it is true,
alter the form of the document, which, instead of being a
bilateral agreement between France and the Yemen, would
become a unilateral declaration by France and would not
require the signature of a Yemeni representative. Such a
unilateral declaration would, however, seem to be equally
satisfactory ao farss the interests of France are concerned,
4. If, on the other hand, it were though necessary
to put forward to the King of the Yemen the draft agreement as
it stands, Lord Halifax considers it doubtful whether it
would prove possible to persuade the King of the Yemen to
accept it. The King might well fear lest, by signing such
a document, he might subsequently be held to have recognised
the existence of a claim which he has never recognised in
the past. He might also take the line that he is
unwilling to assume, at least by implication, a limitation
rn his own freedom of action which might be though to be
incompatible with his sovereignty . The Middle Eastern
Agreement has already led to representations by King Abdul
Aziz (ibn 3aud) who considered that certain of its clauses
infringed the independence of Saudi Arabia; his attitude
being/
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This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].
Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:
- The attitude that should be adopted by the British Government in the event of the French Government according official recognition to the Imam of Yemen.
- Details of a Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen, signed on 25 April 1936.
- French claims to Sheikh Said (which reportedly rest on an agreement made in 1868 with local chiefs, and on a treaty with the Ottoman Government, signed in 1870).
- British concerns regarding the possibility of an Italian occupation of Sheikh Said.
- The Imam's decision to import arms for the fortification of Sheikh Said.
The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Ronald Hugh Campbell), His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan), and officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.
In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: a copy (in French) of the aforementioned Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen (folio 50); a copy of a declaration (also in French) between France and Yemen, regarding Sheikh Said, dated 18 July 1936 (folio 5).
The French material in the file consists of the aforementioned treaty and declaration (plus draft copies of the declaration) and several copies of a memorandum addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the French Ambassador in London.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (70 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.'
- Pages
- 1r:3v, 4v, 6r:9v, 12r:32v, 36r:49v, 51r:72v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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