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Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.' [‎28r] (55/144)

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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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agreement, which is in fact in accordance with the spirit
of the Anglo-Italian Middle pastern Agreement.
5. At the same time it would he most difficult for
His Majesty’s Government to bring pressure to bear on the
King to conclude it. Apart from the question whether
their intervention would do harm or good, it would be
embarrassing to His Majesty’s Government to assume the role
of pressing the King to accept an agreement in v/hich he
is asked to recognise formally the existence of a French
claim which past British Governments have always believed
to have no merits, and to assume, at least by implication,
a limitation on his own freedom of action which he might
think incompatible with his sovereignty. The kiddle
Eastern Agreement has already led to protests by Ibn Baud,
who considers that certain clauses of it infringe the
independence of Saudi Arabia, his attitude being that
while he has every intention of maintaining the
independence and integrity of his own dominions, he sees
no reason why he should be forbidden to do otherwise by
some other State. Ibn Saud has even thought it necessary
to address identic notes to the British and Italian
Governments, asking for assurances (v/hich have been given)
that the Agreement imposes no obligations on Saudi Arabia
and that the relations between the two Governments and
Saudi Arabia are governed solely by international law
and practice and the treaties in force between them. The
King of the Yemen is certainly aware of the views of Ibn
Saud on this question, and it may well be that he will
view the agreement proposed by the French Government with
equal/

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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)
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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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English and French in Latin script
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